By Josh Gilman: “How do I protect my home, when not everyone at home wants to be protected?” This is one of the more frequent questions we receive and comes mostly from parents with older teens or adult children living at home. Sometimes it comes from wives or husbands whose spouse isn’t interested in establishing online protections. The last scenario … Read More
4 Strengths Predators Exploit in Strong Families
By Daniel Gilman: Every strength has a flipside which can be a weakness. If unchecked it can be used by predators to manipulate our children. Here are four strengths that can become weaknesses in strong families. Forgiveness vs. Trust Forgiveness means letting go of toxic bitterness against someone. Forgiveness does not mean that we excuse that person or develop trust … Read More
“Dear Dads, don’t watch porn.” A letter from a daughter
The following post was sent to Strength To Fight from a young mom who wanted to share how porn hurts. The hugs, the laughter, the jokes, the fights, the tears, and snuggles…these actions and emotions are a daily occurrence between my daughter and my husband. They love each other so much! Tonight they are snuggling on the couch and he is … Read More
4 things to know before giving your child a digital device for christmas
Many children will receive just what they wanted for christmas this year. An iPhone, or a Tablet, maybe even a laptop or an xbox. And while all these devices obviously have legitimate uses. They each also come with a direct pipeline to all the porn in the world. Here are 4 things you need to do before & after giving them … Read More
I’m fighting for my kids
There are a lot of great things to care about in the world. So we asked one of our volunteers why they care enough to join our Bike-A-thon coming up. Here is what they wrote. Why do I support Strength To Fight? Why sign up to ride 30km to support this work? Simple. Pornography is extremely destructive (on many fronts) … Read More
Resource Review: “How to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography”
Do you feel confident to discuss hard topics with your kids? It’s important for parents to have access to educational resources which kick-start those kind of conversations. This new book is a parental resource which deals with the topic of pornography in a helpful way. In today’s world the topic of pornography is no longer an optional conversation for families. … Read More
Help! My Kids Are Looking at Porn!
This article was originally posted by Tim Challies on his blog, Challies.com, on April 14, 2014. I hear it so, so often: “Help! My kids are looking at porn!” A few days ago one mom wrote to say that she and her husband had allowed their young teenaged boys access to the Internet to play an online video game, thinking … Read More
Hazardous Homework
by Colette Aikema We all know that technology is a wonderful tool. As is the Internet. We know this, our kids know this, and our kids’ teachers know this. Homework no longer consists of simply taking home some math problems and solving them. We are asking our kids to delve deeper into the problems and solutions of this world. To … Read More
“If porn isn’t sex. What is sex?” – The Response
by Josh Gilman Last week I posted a quote that is an example of why our work is needed. I was in a high-school talking about the dangers of pornography when a 16 year old boy asked, “If porn isn’t sex, what is sex?” Since posting that I’ve had several people ask what my answer was. So here it is. … Read More
Resource Review: “Good Pictures, Bad Pictures” Porn-Proofing today’s young kids
By Josh Gilman “How can I talk to my kids about the dangers of Pornography before they’re old enough to talk about sex?”. This is one of the most common questions we are asked. I recommend the following source as a great place to start. It is called Good Pictures, Bad Pictures. What is it? It is a book … Read More