Should you let your teenage boy read Playboy magazine?

Interesting article/discussion I read from the OCR - the author asked if he should let his 8th grader son read Playboy magazine. Well, I think it depends on the family and the kid. OK, I don't have a son nor I've work with teen a lot, what do I know, right? But for sure I was a teen before, you know, been there, done that?

In the era of internet and social media, today's kids are exposed to much more information than we did. A 2007 article in the American Psychological Association's Monitor magazine quoted a study that found 42% of kids between the ages of 10 and 17 had been exposed to online porn in the past year, either accidentally or on purpose.

So, even though you didn't supply the magazine (or any other 'related' information), they'll get it from someone/somewhere else. Of course it is awkward to discuss porn with you son, but hey, isn't this part of sex education?

Anyway, if you're interested in ready what the author has to say, or the comments by other readers, you can read the full story. Oh yea, no, my dad has never taught me anything about porn.

該讓你成長中的小孩看花花公子雜誌嗎？

成長期的青少年面對生理變化，對性與愛充滿了好奇，方便的網路讓現代的小孩早早就有機會接觸到色情資訊。而身為父母的，在性教育的環節中，是否包括以正面的方式引介像花花公子這類色情雜誌？

我想，這是見仁見智的問題，按個別家庭觀念，以及小孩的個性來決定（千萬不要太再意外界的眼光啦，孩是你的，教養方式由你自己去決定）。以我們在傳統思想的家庭成長而言，不要說色情刊物，父母對性教育更是隻字不提。然而我們的年代畢竟和現在不同，你不讓小孩看，不跟小孩講，難道他們就不會知道嗎？不要太天真或鴕鳥心態吧！

該不該讓小孩看花花公子，為人父母者你們自己好好想想，再做決定吧！