I glanced at Dean, who slept peacefully to my right, his hands curled under the pillow. Sometime in the night—after he’d taken me somewhere I’d never been before—I’d wound up tangled in his arms. It was the best sleep I’d had in months.

Content with his light snores, I clicked the link on my cell.

Parents are Protesting Peer-Led Sex Advice Blog on Dark Web: Ask Me Anything

Acid frothed in the back of my jaw as I read the headline. I swallowed hard before scrolling down to read the article that a local news station had picked up due to a parent’s complaints.

Susan Mercury reached out to BRTV yesterday in a drastic effort to bring awareness to parents who may not know about the teen-led sex advice blog that is rapidly growing in popularity among students in surrounding high schools.

“It’s a blatant disregard for authority,” Mercury is quoted. “Whoever is writing this blog has no respect for what parents are teaching their children at home. Or for the professionals in the schools. They work tirelessly to construct the perfect and approved curriculum. School officials left off sex advice for obvious reasons.”

Mercury discovered the blog when she caught her teenage daughter reading a post about oral sex on her phone.

“If I wanted my daughter to be on birth control, she would be,” Mercury says. “And if she has questions regarding when sex is appropriate, she should come to me. Not some faceless blog. Who knows who is truly behind it. What if it’s a predator? We have to protect the children.”

Mercury’s call to action has spread throughout her community, despite her daughter not attending the blogger’s claimed high school origin—Wilmont Academy. She’s started her own online forum where parents can talk about their concerns. “I’m planning several protests,” Mercury says, “until the person responsible is held accountable for their actions.”

Mercury stated she has already contacted the principal of Wilmont Academy, as well as the principals of the other six schools in the district. All declined to comment until more information was gathered.

Mercury gave us the code to find the site on the dark web, where a variety of articles spanning all forms of sex advice and beyond are listed.

Are you a parent with a child who has been affected by Ask Me Anything? Do you have a comment to make? We urge you to write us at [email protected].

I had to read the article twice to believe it, and even then it was a struggle.

I’m not hurting students! I’m helping them!

My heart plummeted into my stomach, my skin tightening over the length of my body. The traffic had increased every day, as well as the comments and replies. It was a positive force, not the negative agenda the news painted it to be.