‘Sexting’- one of those things you wish you didn’t know about

Social researcher Maggie Hamilton details the degradation of teenagers by teenagers, including in Tasmania, via electronically sending sexually explicit photos. This is seen as a further consequence of the sexualisation of children, the easy access to online pornography and a society in which being sexy is seen as being grown up. This all results in the formation of a teenage culture which leads not to wellbeing but to degradation.

This disturbing report finishes with a helpful ‘How to protect your kids against sexting’. See Technology fuelling sexting craze: study, May 12, 2009

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    Jonathan

    This post has some really good ideas on talking about sexting with teenaged children.

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