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“Experts say 1 in 4 victims of Sextortion were under 13 [years of age] when threatened, and 2 in 3 victims were girls threatened before the age of 16.” – Fox News Report, “Juvenile Falls Victim to Sextortion Scam”[1]
John Van Arnam is Founder of The Third Talk®, a non-profit dedicated to helping parents have the porn-prevention conversation with their kids. In his 20+ years experience protecting kids from being harmed by exposure to this content, he has explored every area available to figure out who should be educating our kids about the dangers of watching pornography.
“The problem with me is that there’s no regulation in the industry. The average age now where someone watches their first porn is eleven. … ‘porn’ it’s such a broad term. Porn can be anything from like something really softcore and mellow, to like hardcore, violent, torture porn… For somebody to learn about sex from porn, I think is really dangerous. And I think that happens a lot.” – Rashida Jones, Actress, Writer and Producer[1]
In 2019 – just in the state of North Carolina – the number of Cyber Tips received by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force were 4,930 for the year. In 2020 children were sent into virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic and by year’s end, that number nearly doubled. By March of 2022, the number shot to 18,332.
This is a very poignant excerpt from Bill Maher’s show “Real Time with Bill Maher” where he talks about eight-year-olds having access to porn on their smartphones, then says, “It’s messing up kids’ brains and no one seems to care or be doing anything about it.” We agree that it is destroying kids’ brains, but we are very happy to say we are doing something about it!
Highlights from John Van Arnam’s appearance on The Third Talk® at Envision Science Academy November 16, 2022 in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
In one of Chris Rock’s standup shows, he opened up about his own porn addiction, stating that it was desensitizing and that he went into rehab.
In Dr. Philip Zimbardo’s 2011 Ted Talk in Long Beach, California, he talks about “the demise of guys” and young men “flaming out” academically, as well as “wiping out socially with girls and sexually with women.”
Dr. Devon Carson, Principal at Guilford Preparatory Academy in Greensboro, North Carolina joined The Third Talk’s® John Van Arnam for a Zoom interview regarding John’s appearance on September 20, 2022.
Austin Bailey, Public Relations Coordinator for Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy in Mooresboro, North Carolina joined The Third Talk’s® John Van Arnam for a Zoom interview regarding John’s appearance on May 12, 2022.
