Masturbation and Parenting

By eighth grade, if they're already masturbating to porn, are you having conversations with them about the boundaries that you have in the household around porn? Or do you suggest letting go? No, boy, we'll discuss masturbation with this parents. When I was a middle schooler, the favorite joke was, as your mother ever caught you masturbating, jerking off in the closet. Every boy is afraid of being caught. Every mother is afraid of catching. And you have to push through that barrier to have these conversations.