Sexting – the facts.
April 27, 2009 by Sarah Newton
Filed under Parents
What is sexting and should you worry?
OK for those you know me you will know that I totally object to media moral panic which I have to say I think is around the topic of sexting. With headline like ” Is your child a porn star” I am not surprised Parents are panicing. However I think we really do need to get this in perspective and look at the reality. So I have put together this video on the statistics and facts which are published on the wonderful Vaneesa Van Petten’s blog if you would like to see them
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Nice video – need to learn how to do that. Any free software suggestions?
On another note, cell phones and computers have become very problematic for parents. Sure there is sexting, but also pornography, strangers and sexual predators, texting while driving, talk of suicide, drgus, etc., etc. Even texts can have legal ramifications (18 year old boy and a girl just a year younger)Parents can’t keep watch all the time and the statistics aren’t always as bad as the media hype. But, a solution is out there to all of those….www.mywebsafety.com/keepyourkidssafe. Just thought readers should know an option to stop bad things BEFORE they happen.