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Luke Gilkerson has a BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies and an MA in Religion. He is the author of Your Brain on Porn and The Talk: 7 Lessons to Introduce Your Child to Biblical Sexuality. Luke and his wife Trisha blog at IntoxicatedOnLife.com

Young, Dumb, and In Love with Smut: What the young adult generation thinks about porn

Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 123 Today we are speaking with Ron DeHaas, the founder and CEO of Covenant Eyes. Ron has traveled to many college campuses and has learned a lot about the attitudes…

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Bullying Statistics: Fast Facts About Cyberbullying

The American Academy of Pediatrics calls cyberbullying the “most common online risk for all teens.” Parents need to know the facts about cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is deliberately using digital media to communicate false, embarrassing, or hostile…

Virtual Worlds for Kids: 10 Reasons Why Your Child Should Be Connected Online

Kids younger and younger are adopting the digital communications tools available.  The Millenials (those between the ages of 10 and 20) represent the largest percentage of these users. The fastest-growing segment of kids online is…

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Caught By a Predator: Woman Speaks Out 10 Years After Her Abduction

His sweaty hand squeezed her hand tightly as they made the five-hour drive to his home, saying things like, “Shut up. Be good. The trunk’s cleaned out for you.” Terrified, 13-year-old Alicia Kozakiewicz wondered how…

Sexting Statistics: What do the surveys say?

“It’s a way to express your feelings. If a guy and a girl are in love, instead of saying it face to face, they can say it through technology.” (18-year-old guy from Brooklyn) Sending nude…

Not One More Child: Why Alicia Kozakiewicz Fights the for the Victims of Child Porn

Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 122 [powerpress] You are listening to the third and last portion of our interview with Alicia Kozakiewicz. Ten years ago, when Alicia was 13 years old, she was abducted outside…

Porn, Predators, and the Kids Next Door: Victim of Child Rape Speaks About Sexualized Media

Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 121 [powerpress] In yesterday’s podcast we heard from Alicia Kozakiewicz as she recounted how ten years ago she was groomed over the Internet by a predator, a man who eventually…

Groomed, Kidnapped, and Tortured – A Woman Speaks Out Ten Years After Her Abduction

Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 120 [powerpress] Ten years ago today, the FBI searched the townhouse of Scott Tyree in suburban Washington D.C. and found 13-year-old Alicia Kozakiewicz bound to a bed. She had been…

Best of the Blog 2011

Favorite moments on Breaking Free this year… It was another great year on our blog. We’ve published over 260 posts, seen hundreds of thousands of visitors, and received over 1,100 comments this year. But most…