On the occasion of the launch of the platform to fight against children's exposure to online pornography, Justine Atlan, president of the e-childhood association, gives, Tuesday on Europe 1, some advice to parents concerned about protecting their children. children. 

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"It happened to us to have calls from teenagers who themselves were aware that they were watching too much pornography."

The observation made by Justine Atlan, president of the e-childhood association, is worrying.

But not irremediable, according to her: guest of Europe 1, Tuesday, on the occasion of the launch of a new national platform, the specialist delivered some advice to parents lost in the face of these uses, on the rise with the proliferation of screens.

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Opt for parental controls

The goal of the platform launched on Tuesday, Jeprotegemonenfant.gouv.fr, is to offer parents "centralized access" to "everything that may exist, such as resources, advice, information and parental control software," explains Justine Atlan.

This last lever - consisting in prohibiting access to certain sites on the digital devices of the house or of his children - has been somewhat neglected with the arrival of smartphones. 

"We had the impression that it was complicated," notes the president of e-childhood.

However, commitment charters have been signed by all access providers and telephone operators, who have undertaken to offer this system for all subscribers in France. 

Watch for changes in behavior

How do you know if your child has seen pornographic images before?

The first exhibition usually happens "around 11 years", according to Justine Atlan.

“It can be 10 years, depending on the environment, friends, the oldest in the family…” The content can also occur in an unwanted way, by browsing from video to video, for example.

However, "at that age, it's what is called a psychic break-in", explains the specialist.

"It's like an accident, something that will fit into a child's brain with absolutely no frame of reference for it to find its place."

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"When you don't know what you've seen, it turns in your head, it stays in your head. You can't put it away in a brain drawer and it causes parents to have nightmares or drawings. do not understand ", continues Justine Atlan.

These are all signs that should cause parents to worry.

Talk about sex as early as possible 

As the children get a little older and become teenagers, control becomes more and more difficult.

To avoid the consequences that exposure to porn can have on their future sexuality, the key is therefore ... to anticipate.

"Like all subjects that are a little complicated to tackle during adolescence, it is better not to wait until adolescence to talk about it", estimates the president of the e-childhood association.

"This is the most complicated age, when teenagers do not want to hear their parents give them advice at all. It must therefore be done before, very young, with the words of a child of 3 They are not the same, of course, as for a child of 8 years old, or 12 to 15 years old… But they must be made aware that the body is a sexual body, "says Justine Atlan.

Because "if it is a subject which is not taboo in the family, it will be able to be shared."