Interesting subject. I have a question, more like a parable than anything, but proves a point all the same.
"If you where bitten by a poisonous snake, what would you do?"
a) Administer first aid to the wound so as not to get infected?
b) Kill the snake?
c) Administer anti-venom to counter act the poison?
The "sexting" isn't the issue. Its a problem like 2 puncture holes in your skin but it isn't the issue.
Most school systems in the country are over crowded
AND under funded. Parents can't expect schools to teach our children everything. A lot of schools have trouble teaching our children to read and write.
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Originally Posted by ButterflyKisses
I don't think kids have respect for themselves anymore, and its a relatively new thing.
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Unfortunately this isn't completely true. The social moral fabric of our society has been on a down slide since the Industrial Revolution. Take a sociology class. Its discussed in depth there and is a great elective class. To sum it up. When people left the farm to go to the city's for factory work they let children less attended than they where and unoccupied as they where no longer needed/used to work on the farms. As we are now 4-5 generations and more past this event, children unless acted upon by an outside force like jail or death eventually have children of there own. If they don't know how to teach there children respect and other matters then there children are more likely to not know ether. Most couples have more than one child so the act of not teaching your children to respect and responsibility expands exponentially. Thus leaving us with a society that has several children that have no respect and parents that don't teach it because they themselves don't truly know what respect is.
I could go further in the derogation of social morality but I feel it would get to far off topic.
I think sexting is very bad in the context of sexually explicit material. Even between to married adults it could have negative impacts:
With children, sexual martial can be hijacked threw wireless technology (ie blue tooth) or simply distributed via of other irresponsible children. As we are abundant with irresponsible children the likely hood of your info reaching other people is high. This info being spreed around the school and/or to your parents is the least of your worries. Sexual assault to kids statistically is done to a child by someone that child knows and the offender is often an adolescent themselves. Also, the behavior of a sexual offender is parallel with that of a serial killer. A child sexting could have a latent effect of a sexual predator stalking you and carrying out some fantasy based on the info they may have intercepted from a sexting conversation. As my family is victim to a child sex offender this is something that no one should have to bear. The only fortunate thing in our situation is that it wasn't a family member offender. All the same it doesn't make the hurt or the fall out any easier.
This site has excellent information regarding sexual predictors. Its also scary as the truth often is.
Pedophile and Child Molester Statistics - Yello Dyno
With adults, your sexting information still has a the same chances of being hijacked with maybe a little less percentage. That is only a guess. At least with an adult there or fewer sexual offenders willing to act but lets not kid our selves, adult rape is still very high and most crimes are not reported because of shame. An adult should have a better ability to spot a predator and has more options for protection, like defense classes (I highly recommend) to mace and/or alert sound devices(air horns whistles).
Having said all that, my wife and I have had sexually explicit conversations threw texting. We are married with children so I don't necessarily see the behavior as negative as long as it doesn't effect our responsibilities. Our cellphone situation has changed and when we have to be away when internet is available we choose instant messaging programs to communicate.
I am defiantly NOT condemning texting. It has valuable uses. However like with all of life's indulgent s it can and has been abused.
The teaching of respect and self respect falls to the adults in the child's home. Whether you are the child's biological parent or custodial parent not to your public school system.
So giving the repercussions of sending sexually explicit material threw a cell phone I do not believe law enforcement is over reacting nether do I disagree with dancing doc. It only shows that he is a caring parent not a d*ck as said by a previous poster.