“You can’t stop them, so I would watch it with them.”
Just when it seems the moral decline of our culture can’t get any worse, it does.
And a recent interview with the celebrity wife of Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos is just one more example.
Comedian Ali Wentworth isn’t known for her sound judgment on many issues.
Her “Go Ask Ali” book is full of “half-baked” advice that easily leads readers astray.
“You can’t stop them [from watching pornography], so I would watch it with them,” Wentworth said in a recent interview.
You read that right: Wentworth thinks there’s no way to stop your children from finding and engaging with pornography!
Clearly, she hasn’t heard of godly parenting and restrictions.
Rather than implementing the normal parental strategy of warning children to stay away from porn—or finding ways to block them from viewing it!—Wentworth admitted that she just caves in to her adolescent kids’ desires.
“You can’t stop them,” she reiterated.
Yes, you can stop your children from viewing pornography! There are many options, including Internet controls, parental filters, and accountability.
But Wentworth went on to say that she prefers to allow her two daughters, aged 15 and 17, to absorb pornography and then tries to “teach them lessons” along the way.
“They [adult actresses and porn stars] are performing,” she tells her daughters, explaining how porn works.
“[When I watch with my daughters,] I would look at the porn with…like, ‘They’re performing,’” Wentworth said, reflecting on how she relates to her daughters through this practice.
“I say, ‘Do you see this girl? There is a hole she is trying to fill.’”
“In porn, the women have been conditioned to look [and act] a certain way.”
Of course, these sentiments are correct: adult actresses and porn stars are often exploited or are trying to fill a void in their lives with sex.
But wouldn’t it be better to cut off demand for pornography entirely instead of “teaching” your children how to see it?
Wentworth even admitted, “It’s dangerous to have boys see this [pornographic scenarios] as something women want.”
She’s correct there, but wouldn’t the better solution be to block pornography from her home entirely?
Wentworth clearly considers herself funny, making open jokes about her sex life, her preferences, and other taboo topics.
Her daughters have even confessed that they’re embarrassed by their mother’s openness in public.
She seems to think it’s all part of being a “good” parent.
But good parents don’t introduce their children to pornography.
It’s been proven over and over that porn is bad for both men and women—especially young, impressionable teenagers and adolescents.
Anti-porn research group Fight the New Drug notes that “a pornography epidemic is on the rise, not only because it is easier to access, but because of the lack of information…on the negative and harmful effects.”
Can you imagine making porn “easier to access” for your children? That’s what Wentworth and her husband are doing.
And if she thinks that her daughters are less likely to become addicted to porn because they’re women, Wentworth is dead wrong.
Fight the New Drug reports that “women can be just as at risk of becoming dependent upon pornography as men.”
When referencing a new study, the organization said, “At least 17% of women consider themselves addicted to porn, and half of the women surveyed were internet porn consumers.”
“About half of young adult women agree that consuming porn is acceptable and 1/3 of young women reported using porn.”
Now, Ali Wentworth’s teenage daughters are part of those statistics—because of their mother’s influence.
“In the end, no amount of pornography will take away life’s problems,” Fight the New Drug concluded. “In fact, it will just become one of them.”
Pray for Wentworth’s daughters, and for Wentworth herself, as they will doubtless realize the evil effects of pornography sooner or later.
And pray that parents across the United States will stand up and protect their children from the disease of porn!
