A disturbing story from the Cincinnati Enquirer: the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com have revealed the results of a study that showed 20 percent of teens say they have sent (via text messaging) or posted (online) nude or semi-nude pictures or videos of themselves.
Known as “sexting,” teenagers are taking nude photos of themselves or others and sending them on their cell phones through text messaging or posting them online.
If you have a teenager with a cell phone, as soon as you pick them up from school today or when they arrive home, ask to see their cell phone. Every parent should know what their teenager is sending and receiving on their cell phone. Do you?
It’s a big problem, as a High School student I cannot go through the hallways without people talking about sex. It’s a growing problem and has hindered my relationship with some people because all they want to talk about is porn, sex, drugs, violence. It upsets me that America’s future is going into the wrong direction, I believe liberals and conservatives have to work together on this one.
I think you’d enjoy my reasons for why teens sext:
http://smellytourist.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/the-origins-of-sexting/
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