[b]Third of 13-year-olds in Alberta indulge in Internet porn amid oblivious parents, study says
EDMONTON, Alberta - More than one-third of 13-year-old Alberta boys view Internet porn "too many times to count," and parents have only the vaguest notion about it, a groundbreaking study suggests.
"If you're 13 and you can't put a number on the times (you've used porn), that's a little frightening," University of Alberta researcher Sonya Thompson said Thursday. "I hope parents think about their own values around this stuff and start talking to their kids."
Thompson analyzed responses to an hour-long questionnaire from 429 rural and urban eighth-grade students with a median age of 13.5. She asked about their exposure to and use of sexually explicit material on TV, DVDs, movies and the Internet, as well as about their interaction with their parents about such material. ...
