Parents can talk to their children about pornography with well-timed sentences that pack a punch, rather than a full-on sit down.
Psychotherapist and Author Stella O'Malley has said different age groups can discover porn at different times.
She told Newstalk Breakfast technology means children have more access than ever before.
"It was something that usually people came across later in their teenage years," she said.
"These days because of high-speed WiFi in the pocket of very 11-year-old they're stumbling upon it much earlier, before they're ready.
"It feels like it's not quite looking out for your kids not to tell them, 'You could stumble upon porn; you mightn't be looking for it and it might come to you'.
"Once you see an image it can be hard to remove an image from you mind, so just be careful around pressing 'click'".
'They haven't learned that'
Ms O’Malley said parents should prepare children to ignore imagery and links.
"We've kind of learned, pretty much since the '90s, that sometimes images arrive into our screens and we don't follow it," she said
"They haven't actually learned that - they learn that on the ground at about 9, 10, 11 and we have to tell them that.
"The key point would be when you're older sex will be lovely, it'll be a lovely, intimate, gorgeous act.
"However certain images, if you see them before you're ready for them, it'll give you the ick.
"It's equivalent of an image when you see roadkill or a car crash, it sticks in your head so be careful about following a link that really isn't for your eyes."
'The odd well-timed sentence'
Ms O'Malley said for older children, you can steer them away from extremes.
"For certain age groups you might talk about the fact that the porn industry has really centred in on violence and sex - that's not where the fun in sex lies," she said.
"It might be just be a remark you say and you let it land... and you might leave it at that.
"It doesn't have to be an extensive, 'sit down and I'm going to talk to you about this.'
"It can be just the odd well-timed sentence that packs a punch, where you say violence, choking, that's not where fun sex is - it's certainly not where teenage sex lies.
"Actually the nice thing about sex is intimacy and being vulnerable with somebody, falling for them and having a crush, not degrading porn.
"Then you leave it at that," she added.
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