Sexting, sending nude photos of yourself to someone through your cell phone.  What are teens thinking…or are they?

It seems with all of this great new technology comes and big responsibility to the parents to educate their teens on what the dangers might be.  It’s not all fun and games.

These are photos that you can’t take back, once they leave your phone and go to another persons phone, they can do what they want with them. Here is another video from the Today Show regarding this topic.

It seems so harmless and fun for teens, until something like this happens.  It’s easy to find information on this subject parents.  Ask your teen what he or she thinks about sex-ting, and then get on the Internet and start doing some research.  Teens might not even think about the consequences.  Ask them what if you or someone you know sends a nude picture to your boyfriend, and you break up and he is not happy about the break-up.  What is the risk there?

It always comes down to it being our responsibility to educate our kids, so we have to be a step ahead them, which is really hard.  My suggestion is always keep an open line of communication with your teen, so that they will keep you informed about what is going on.  Get on the Internet and do the research first when your kids are younger, twelve and below, so that you will know what is going on. Even though new issues pop up everyday.