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I know my brothers and I came across the occasional X-rated book or magazine as kids. And I wasn't much older than 13 when my friends somehow got ahold of one of the "Penthouse Letters" volumes and we all giggled over it together.
I do think it's a lot easier today to get all kinds of stuff.
The problem I think we have, though, is people have different definitions of what should be labeled sex, violence, etc. This topic has come up in the past on various email lists/forums specifically about romance novels and romantic fiction (e.g., romantic suspense, which isn't really about the romance, but my also include one).
I'll admit - I wonder how parents today handle it. When I was young (oh, so many years ago) the big deal was whether a parent had the right to read a child's journal. Or search their room for naughty books or drug paraphernalia. I can't imagine today - do you confiscate their laptops or tablets? And what's to stop them from buying a $10 thumb drive or micro-SD card and keeping all the "good stuff" safely hidden away?
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