The Hans India - A Texas Tech study shows an open talk with growing kids when it comes to pornography can lower the risk of them being addicted to porn as they reach adulthood.
Parents can even use media, positive or negative, to spark conversations about real life.
The team from the Texas Tech University in Lubbock found that children of parents who regularly discussed how pornography negatively affects individuals and society expressed more negative attitudes about pornography as college students.
"Those negative attitudes then translated into less pornography use," said author and assistant professor Eric Rasmussen.