![]() If you find sexting on your teenager’s phone, “you should talk to them about it immediately,” says Dr. Explain the family rules about dating and texting. “It’s important to explain early on with our teens that whatever gets sent out into ‘space’ can be seen by anyone, at any time.” 3. Solomon: “I have seen too many teenage girls send naked pictures to one guy who ends up forwarding it to all of his friends.” According to Solomon, warn your teens about the possibility that someone else finds this picture. “I shared this with my daughter when she was 10 years old to drill it into her head.”Īdds Dr. “I tell every teen that I see never to send naked pictures to anyone, even their boyfriends/girlfriends,” says Dr. This can apply to your kids regardless of whether or not they have sexted. These are words that they would not say in person but are safe to do so over the phone.” This may also explain why your shy and quiet teen isn’t shy about being sexual via text message. ![]() “Because it’s somewhat anonymous and removed from reality, teens are more comfortable saying inappropriate things to one another. So much communication is taking place on phones and on social media but not in person,” says Dr. “Sexting has unfortunately become very common with teenagers. Acknowledge the texts/chat you read.įine, your child may be an Honors student, but that doesn’t mean they’re exchanging just YouTube cat videos with others. Renee Solomon, a Los Angeles, CA-based Clinical Psychologist has some advice on preventing and handling such a situation. (One thing you, as a parent, can do is download, a parental control program that connects to 24 platforms to monitor your teen’s text messages, emails, and social activity for signs of harmful interactions and content.) What to do: First StepsĬatching your child sexting a classmate or an adult is shocking, scary, and daunting. There is a silver lining: Ryan’s account of what happened when she was “Bailey” went viral, spreading fast on Facebook in particular, proving that parents today are ‘waking up’ when it comes to their teenager’s internet and phone use-and taking action. Most of us on the team have kids, some of them the same age as the personas I play. Summarizes Ryan: “The work-while not necessarily physical - is emotionally taxing. These pervs (for lack of a better word) sent Ryan numerous pictures of their genitalia, asked her to pose sexually for them (not caring at all when she said she was 11 years of age), and more. Ryan and her investigative team were rightfully repulsed at the sheer number of men who propositioned the imaginary minor, “Bailey,” Ryan posed as online. ![]() Mother, investigator, and writer Sloane Ryan recently went undercover with, posing as an 11-year-old girl online to help catch adult male predators sexually preying on young girls (really adults they think are young girls) in online chat rooms. We think we know everything about our sweet kids, but the reality is, we have no idea what really happens behind closed doors-or, shall we say an internet chat room.ĭon't have time to read now? Pin this for later: ![]() I get it-I’m a mom of two, and my heart gets caught in my throat when I think about my own kids eventually using cell phones and the internet without my constant supervision. It tends to be a topic so taboo many parents refuse to think or speak about it because it’s so frightening. More: Strength-Based Parenting: Is It The Right Approach For Your Family? You hear the horror stories, see the Law & Order episodes about it, and simply shudder at the thought.your child, your baby, sexting someone-be it another teenager, an adult ‘mentor’.or a total stranger. You never think it can happen to your child. ![]()
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