Dear Dr. Meg,

I need assistance in helping my 13-year-old son to be healed of addiction to pornography. Despite my attempts to shield it from him, it has entered his life and he shows no control. I have put block and filters on technology, but he will still find ways around it and steal my phone or his grandmother’s phone to use the Internet. Even with a code on the phone, today he managed to get to it before the screen locked and helped himself while I was in the shower. He was not on inappropriate sites, just a game. However, he does not have any sense of shame, regret (other than being caught), and no contrition. I feel helpless. Can you offer any help? Just blocking the technology, even if he could never bypass it, doesn’t really deal with the heart issue.

Regards,

Mom Needing Help

Dear MNH,

Keeping your young son from pornography is really, really tough. First, he can have access to electronics almost anywhere, at any time. Putting safe guards and blocks on computers is very important and I would encourage you to speak with an IT expert to make sure that you are doing everything you…