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How Porn is Ruining Our Future…and What We Can Do About It
In the recent summer blockbuster The Avengers, the character Captain America has…
In the recent summer blockbuster The Avengers, the character Captain America has been recently awoken from a 70-year sleep. Throughout the film is a running gag about how out-of-touch he is with modern life; he…
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Rethinking the Sex Talk (Part 1)
What every son needs to hear from his dad Many dads feel…
What every son needs to hear from his dad Many dads feel awkward when talking to their sons about girls, feelings, sex, and…yikes, pornography. Dr. Dave Currie, a counselor and president of Doing Family Right,…
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Girls Like Porn Too: A Timely Message for Parents
Do girls like porn? It was just another normal day, doing homework…
Do girls like porn? It was just another normal day, doing homework after school. While doing research, 13-year-old Jessica Harris was intrigued by a particular video she found online. The thumbnail image was dark and…
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Full Interview with Dr. David Currie
Rethinking the Sex Talk Dr. Dave Currie, a counselor and president of…
Rethinking the Sex Talk Dr. Dave Currie, a counselor and president of Doing Family Right, was interviewed by Sam Black at Covenant Eyes in June 2012 about how dads can start great conversations with their…
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Living Strong with Integrity (Scholarship Essay)
Each year, Covenant Eyes offers thousands of dollars in scholarships to full-time…
Each year, Covenant Eyes offers thousands of dollars in scholarships to full-time students who use our service. The following essay by Gabriel Dvorak was one of the winners of the 2011 contest. The deadline for…
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More Than Porn: Accountability in the Grey Areas
Internet pornography is the tip of a very large iceberg. But lurking…
Internet pornography is the tip of a very large iceberg. But lurking beneath the water line, there are Internet temptations that don’t get the same press pornography gets. Yet they are just as scandalous and…
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Guarding Kids in a Sexualized Culture
Janeen has an infectious smile. It shines on the soccer field or…
Janeen has an infectious smile. It shines on the soccer field or when she plays piano. But when this 12-year-old honor roll student’s grades began to slide, her mom began to dig for answers and…
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Porn on Pinterest? The Darker Side of the Fastest-Growing Social Network
Pinterest is hot, pinned as one of the fastest-growing social networks ever.…
Pinterest is hot, pinned as one of the fastest-growing social networks ever. But the online pinboard has a dark side where people are showing off more than recipes and muscle cars. Created as a site…
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“Am I Pretty?” — New Trend on YouTube has Parents Concerned
“Am I hot or am I ugly? You can be one-hundred-percent honest.”…
“Am I hot or am I ugly? You can be one-hundred-percent honest.” It has become a growing YouTube trend: teen/tween girls posting videos of themselves asking random viewers if they are pretty or ugly. A…
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5 Tips to Accountability on Smartphones
Until recently, there was an app called “Girls Around Me” that consolidated…
Until recently, there was an app called “Girls Around Me” that consolidated public data from Facebook and Foursquare and listed the females (or males) nearby. It was legal, if creepy, and it was the perfect…