Teaching eroticism in elementary school can protect kids from online predators

by Beatrice Credi - 2016.11.02

To combat pedophilia, programs about pornography in elementary school will force parents and teachers to look the theme straight in the face. You have to know your enemy to win the battle against him" are the words pronounced by the British "shadow Minister" for equal opportunity, Sarah Champion. Thus, she has invited parents to move beyond the embarassment and to bring it all out into the open. It's useless to start talking to your children at high-school age about the dangers that lie behind erotic and sexual material online, because by that time, they have probably already been victims of aggression, abuse and illecit approaches. All of which can destroy their lives forever. The proposal is loud and clear: let's stop trying to be so pure and clean about all this. In this case, like in many others, prevention is much better than treating.