The other day I had a chat with my teens about sexting. Sexting is the term used when teens send naked, or nearly naked, pictures of themselves to a significant other via picture messaging on their cell phones. My teens hadn’t heard of the term “sexting,” but they do know people who have sexted. In fact my 16-year-old sent a picture of himself in just his boxers to a “girlfriend” he had on MySpace a couple years ago.
We discussed how it may seem like a fun and harmless thing to do. Teens are trying to explore their sexuality. They are …read more