by Larry Richman | Mar 3, 2020
The Utah Coalition Against Pornography will hold its annual conference on Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Sister Sharon Eubank of the Relief Society General Presidency will be the opening keynote speaker. The theme of the conference is “Developing...
by Larry Richman | Feb 27, 2020
The Addressing Pornography page in the Life Help section of the Church’s website has been updated and added to the Gospel Library App. The updates consist of a reorganization of content to make it more accessible. Especially note the section on safe media use...
by Larry Richman | Jan 31, 2020
The First Presidency counsels parents to have family discussions to develop guidelines about how to use media and technology in positive and safe ways. Below is the text of the First Presidency letter “Protecting Children from the Effects of Pornography.”...
by Larry Richman | Oct 16, 2019
The October 2019 issues of the Ensign and Liahona magazines have several articles about pornography. In an introductory statement in the magazine, Sister Joy D. Jones, Primary General President, said: As we strive to love and protect our children, pornography must be...
by Larry Richman | Aug 28, 2019
On this site, we maintain an ongoing page that lists resources in overcoming pornography. We know that pornography is a big problem in the world today, and it is growing bigger. One of the best programs we have seen to help your family stay clear of pornography is...
by Larry Richman | Jul 3, 2019
The Church has produced a series of videos about pornography. Some are resources for individuals and others are to help parents. The video below, “How Do I Respond When My Child Has Viewed Pornography?” is from the page How do I respond when I discover my...
by Larry Richman | Jun 21, 2019
Pornography is freely available online and it is one of the biggest threats to our children’s online safety. Children with unrestricted internet access are just a click away from viewing sexually-explicit material online—either intentionally or accidentally. Depraved...
by Larry Richman | May 23, 2019
The Church has published a new video “How to Face an Addiction to Pornography.” It is one in a series of His Grace videos. “I can quit whenever I want.” Steve never thought of himself as an addict. He thought that his problem would eventually go away—maybe...
by Larry Richman | Jan 14, 2019
The Utah Coalition Against Pornography will hold its annual conference, “Empowered to Change” on Saturday, February 23, 2019, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. Note: These is also a...
by Larry Richman | Nov 7, 2018
BYU-Idaho student Josh Peters was 11 years old the first time he viewed pornography and he instantly became addicted. That led to 7 years of pornography addiction, shame, broken relationships, and secrecy. But, over the years, he learned to fight the addiction through...
by Larry Richman | Oct 1, 2018
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has launched a new Addressing Pornography website that offers a more helpful and hopeful approach for people wanting protection, help, and healing from pornography use. AddressingPornography.lds.org—which...
by Larry Richman | Apr 10, 2018
The article “3 Ways LDS Leaders Can Help Kids Who Have Seen Pornography” in Leading LDS gives great counsel on how parents and leaders can help teens. Here are some key points from the article: Help teens recognize the feelings, thoughts, and environments...
by Larry Richman | Feb 9, 2018
The Utah Coalition Against Pornography will hold its annual conference, “It Starts With Us” on Saturday, March 10, 2018, from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. The conference will provide...
by Larry Richman | Aug 18, 2017
The article “Eight Strategies to Help Children Reject Pornography” (text, PDF) in this month’s Ensign gives four simple steps to teach children what to do if they encounter pornography: close their eyes, shut down the device, tell an adult, and...
by Larry Richman | Aug 16, 2017
“The more I focused on the teachings of Jesus Christ, the more I became resistant to temptation.” That’s the message in an article in this month’s New Era magazine. The girl explains how she was exposed to pornography at age 10 and after that,...
