Although the school year just ended, an international youth organization is rallying to encourage public educators to include its anti-porn curriculum in classrooms come September.

Nadine Willis, programs manager for Canada香蕉视频直播攁 grassroots organization offering a holistic, whole school approach to counteract porn culture香蕉视频直播攕ays free access to technology and a porn-rich culture are leaving our children vulnerable to the pornography industry香蕉视频直播檚 nefarious marketing schemes and negative consequences.

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The problem with this behaviour, says Willis, is it hijacks healthy sexual exploration and replaces it with pornification: the increasing acceptance of sexual themes and explicit imagery derived from the consumption of pornography.

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And while these numbers hail from far away, they still hit close to home as the nation香蕉视频直播檚 youth account for almost 60 per cent of all victims of police-reported sexual offences.

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However, to combat that, the Youth Wellbeing Project, which got its start in Australia, has created an anti-porn curriculum designed to take the power of sexual awakening away from the porn industry and give it back to our youth.

In British Columbia, the Ministry of Education plans the academic outcomes for every grade, but it香蕉视频直播檚 the teachers who decide how to get the students to the end goal, so Willis says she hopes the school district will adopt the programming as a way to fill the current void.

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Designed for each stage of public education, Willis explains how the IQ Program curriculum incorporates four parts: prevention, safety, body, and relationship.

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And although Willis admits it may take some time to see the type of progressive action the Youth Wellbeing Project香蕉视频直播檚 curriculum is aiming for, she says there are plenty of ways parents can help.

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香蕉视频直播淥ne letter to your MP equals 5,000 constituents. If people begin to (write letters), as we approach them at the upper levels they香蕉视频直播檙e going to be aware that their constituents are worried about this.香蕉视频直播�

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For more information, or to volunteer to Youth Wellbeing Project Canada, visit , or email Nadine Willis at TinaMonk@hotmail.com.

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