?This YouTube Star Just Got Arrested For Child Pornography

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The alleged incidents occurred in May of 2017 and August 2016, USA Today reports, and in both Austin is said to have told the girls how to perform the sex acts as well as what to wear and say. “I’m just trying to help you!” he reportedly wrote in an online chat with Victim B about his directions. “I know you’re trying your hardest to prove you’re my biggest fan. And I don’t want to have to find someone else.”

Austin faces two counts of production of child pornography, and each carries a minimum 15-year prison sentence, according to USA Today.

The news is of course disturbing and terrifying to parents. How can you make sure your child doesn’t fall into the same trap?

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Licensed marriage and family therapist David Klow, owner of Skylight Counseling Center in Chicago, points out that children and teenagers might not always understand the power and impact of sexual behavior, which is why they can be susceptible to online predators.

Clinical psychologist John Mayer, Ph.D., author of Family Fit: Find Your Balance in Life, says teens can fall prey to sexual exploitation because it feeds their critical needs for identity development (they think someone has chosen to single them out, therefore they must be important), mastery (someone thinks they’re desirable), self-esteem, feeling special, peer pressure, rebellion, and risk-taking. And, if it’s coming from someone a teen admires, they’re especially vulnerable because they’re star-struck.

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Klow recommends that parents talk to their children about healthy sexuality and appropriate boundaries, including discussing how the things they do online should be age-appropriate. It’s also important for parents to educate themselves on the social media platforms their children are using, he says.

Mayer says parents should also openly warn their children about predators. Not only that, they should be very aware of how they show their values around sexual behavior as well as celebrity adulation, since their children will model their behavior after their parents. “Create a household that spawns independent thinkers and actors,” he says. “Teach questioning authority figures and people of status.”

Above all, keeping the conversation open and ongoing is key. “A healthy relationship with your child that includes open communication can go a long way towards protecting them,” Klow says.