I caught my brother watching porn

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I caught my 10 year old brother watching porn. I’ve had struggles with pornography in the past but got out of it and am sad to see him on it also. I can’t go anywhere else for answers because it says “it’s natural” but it’s not. I feel like telling my parents will be snitching. Please help.
 
As a 17 year old who also struggles, I would really encourage you to. If your parents don’t know about your troubles, it seems like this would also be a good time to tell them. I’ll be sure to pray for you.
 
Welll…here’s the thing, he’s really too young. Those websites carry a lot of security risks. I would let your parents know. Sure it’s snitching but there’s bigger things at stake! Your brother might need a good sit down talk from his Dad about “Life”.
 
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I caught my 10 year old brother watching porn. I’ve had struggles with pornography in the past but got out of it and am sad to see him on it also. I can’t go anywhere else for answers because it says “it’s natural” but it’s not. I feel like telling my parents will be snitching. Please help.
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Your brother is a young child.

He is not owed privacy.

He’s barely over the age of reason.

Tell your parents. If you saw him trying to light things on fire in his bedroom would you not tell them?
 
I just blocked all adult content on his phone. I’m hoping that will stop him.
 
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I just blocked all adult content on his phone. I’m hoping that will stop him.
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You are NOT his parent.

You need to go to your parents.

The ramifications are farther reaching than you really understand. Putting a block on his phone is like taking the matches from an arsonist. They are going to find a way…and it’s going to be sneakier and more creative.
 
Talk to your brother.
Talk to your parents.
Be a good example to him.
 
My parent try really hard to set a good example for us so I don’t want them to feel that they failed as parents.
 
You don’t need to protect your parents in this way (although you’re really sweet to worry about them like that 🙂😇)
They need to know what’s going on, sooner rather than later so they can start to work with your brother before this behavior gets more entrenched.
Seriously, your parents can handle it.
 
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My parent try really hard to set a good example for us so I don’t want them to feel that they failed as parents.
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Let me ask you this.

If you caught your brother lighting inappropriate things on fire in his room having disabled the smoke alarm would you still feel that way?

Would you not tell your parents if you knew he could be physically killed?

It is no secret that pornography damages young minds permanently, especally that young.

Parents are there to help children navigate major issues. Children getting in trouble is part of the deal.
 
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It would be a good thing to let your parents know about it… I assume you may not be too comfortable discussing it openly with your brother but you can always show him the beauty of a chaste life… talking to him about saints who practiced purity like St Maria Gorretti, St Dominic Savio, St Aloysius, etc may prove to be of some help… to him stories of younger saints may be more appealing to him as he can relate more towards their age.
Being a 10 year old kid he surely is in a stage where he can be shaped to be good or bad and can easily absorb influences be it good or bad… also stories about the visions of St John Bosco with regards to boys going to hell because of the sins of the flesh and the visions of the seers of Fatima are just some examples that can be helpful to deter a person from indulging in such activity.
 
That’s good. Another bad thing about porn is that it changes the brain. MRI scans prove this. At auch a young age, his brain is still growing and he shouldn’t be exposed to this, nor should anyone be.
 
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I just blocked all adult content on his phone. I’m hoping that will stop him.
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Blocking some access is putting a bandaid on a problem, it doesn’t fix anything. He’ll find alternative routes unless he struggles with the underlying issue.
 
Tell parents. 10 is very young. Hopefully he’s still young enough that it migntn’t have made any big impact on him. But your parents should be aware that they possibly need to strenghten the web security.
 
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