Over the past week, we’ve been examining the issue of teen sexting, that is, when teen cell phone users create and send nude, semi-nude sexual images of themselves online, via mobile phone, laptop, digital camera or other connected device. As we highlighted, there have been a number of studies that have come out over the past few years—that have found that anywhere from 5-20% of kids are engaged in this type of behavior. Regardless of the number, clearly this is a trend that we as parents, mentors, family members need to be aware of and need to be addressing in a proactive fashion.
So what are you doing to curb this trend with your teens?