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John Fort, MST, is the Director of Training for Be Broken Ministries where he oversees online training on Pure Life Academy. He is also a co-founder and board member of the Sexual Integrity Leadership Summit. John is a regular speaker on parenting and is the author of Father-Son Accountability: Integrity Through Relationship.

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Parents Make Little Headway in Porn Prevention Without Honesty

In my experience parents often become ineffective helping their children avoid pornography when they discover how honest they must be for that process to actually work. I’m not talking about the child’s honesty, but the…

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Help Your Kids Avoid Porn: Don’t Treat Them the Same

You don’t necessarily want to treat all children the same when it comes to helping them avoid pornography. This may sound counterintuitive, but it is true. Any parent with multiple children knows the parenting style…

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When Your Child Chooses Sexual Impurity

What should we do when a child chooses to walk a path not in line with sexual purity? What if we put into practice everything we learn from experts and books and a child still…

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Understanding the Teenage Brain: Different, Not Broken

When I was a teenager (back when dinosaurs roamed, according to my children), adults seemed to think teenagers were temporarily broken. One famous comedian at the time had a bit about how all teenagers have…

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5 Fears That Keep Us from Talking to Kids about Porn

Why do we put off what we know we need to do, even when we know it is something very important? In my experience most parents know that modern day pornography is more dangerous than…

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5 Tips to Help Kids Be Honest About Porn

Expecting honesty from our kids about their exposure to pornography is a tall order when we’re asking them to divulge information that would be painful or embarrassing to admit to a parent. But to help…

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It’s Time to Take the Dad Challenge

There are always things we need to improve on as parents, but before I get to that I want to talk about what we’re doing right. Parents are doing a lot of things right these…

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5 Ways Sex Gets Better After Giving Up Porn

Everyone wants to have better sex, right? No one explained to me before marriage how pornography use would affect my sex life. Everyone said it was bad, but no one really said why. As far…

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6 Tips for a Successful Family Digital Detox

The whole idea of a family “Digital Detox” sounds good, but in my experience, it takes a little planning and work to pull off so that the family wants to do it again. In the…