4. No consequences for actions.
Porn Training—Teaches a false confidence through a risk-free relationship.
A child who does not have to pay for what he has done wrong will learn how to get away with anything. This is the kind of behavior that gives a porn addict a false confidence in a risk-free virtual environment.
Children need a comprehensive view of love, which means they must be appropriately disciplined when they do wrong (Hebrews 12:6). The spoiled child who suffers little consequences in life will have a low regard for rules and authority.
Porn has no rules, and it’s a low-risk habit. It doesn’t take much to do porn.
It’s not like robbing a bank. A child who knows he can get away with things is easy prey for porn’s allurements.
Biblical discipline is a matter of respect and honor for God and His Word. There is right and wrong in God’s world.
The porn addict does not have this kind of respect. The lines are blurred, a reality for him that did not begin when he first viewed pornography.
Many porn addicts have a low view of the law of God. A porn addict simply does not care, because he has not been made to care.
One of the ways you can discern this in your child is by how he respects his siblings or his mother.
Typically, a child will disregard his mother more than he will his dad. When children do this, they are stretching the boundaries of honor, respect, kindness and biblical love.
