28 July 2003
Only 7, and he's addicted to porn
KAOHSIUNG - A seven-year-old Taiwanese boy is getting expert help
for his porn addiction.
He started watching X-rated VCDs as a toddler because his
grandfather, who was looking after him, liked to watch them,
according to a newspaper report.
His mother, identified only as Mrs Liu, said her father thought the
child would not understand what was going on, the United Daily News
said. He was wrong.
When the toddler learnt how to switch TV channels, he would search
for those showing pornography instead of cartoons.
When he was about three years old, his mother found him fondling
his penis while a porn film was showing on TV.
A shocked Mrs Liu moved out of her father's home, where she lived
because her soldier husband was seldom at home.
She began to monitor the boy's behaviour and noticed that he liked
to be hugged by busty women and would touch their breasts
unabashedly, the report said.
In kindergarten, he would lift his teachers' skirts and draw naked
women instead of cartoon characters.
He peeped at a neighbour, a woman who had a habit of sleeping naked
without closing the windows.
He also stole her underwear and continued to do so despite
scoldings and beatings by his mother.
Mrs Liu finally realised her young son needed expert help after he
started touching her while she was asleep, the newspaper
said.
Doctors at a psychiatric hospital in Kaohsiung told her that her
son's behaviour was the result of prolonged exposure to
pornographic films.
They said that adults were mistaken if they think very young
children do not get influenced
Extracted from The Straits Times
By Xing Yi[/b]
