Summary Of Teen Sexting

Teens and Sexting – What are Appropriate Consequences? In a world like today's, technology is being produced and improved at rapid rates. Technology can be a wonderful tool allowing teens to communicate at high rates. At times this can be nice, but when it comes to sexting, officials are taking it to a whole new level. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, "sexting is the sending of sexually explicit messages or images by cell phone." In the article, “Teens, Nude Photos and the Law” by Dahlia Lithwick, Lithwick argues that teens should not be punished with criminal charges for sexting. Lithwick argues that the teen’s parents should make their teens aware that these mistakes could last a lifetime when online instead of teens receiving punishments and getting the police involved. For some teens, their parents may get involved in the teen’s actions, but what happens to those teens who have parents that don’t do anything about the situation? Are these teens going to keep sexting because they can manage to get away with it without their parents knowing? Parents talking to their teens
Lithwick suggest that these parents need to remind their teen that stupid decisions can not be deleted once on the internet. Parents need to be involved in sexting situations, but a counselor will do a better job in helping these teens make the right decisions. The counselor will be able to “counsel teens to delete hurtful texts or sexts that they receive and not to forward these messages” (Saxena, Harshita, and Silber). The counselor will be able to help discuss the outcome of sending and posting improper messages and photos with the teens (Saxena, Harshita, and Silber). It is important that the counselor helps the teens because counselors have been educated about how to handle teens sending inappropriate messages or