CHICAGO (AP) - Teen sexting of nude photos online or via cellphone may be far less common than people think, new research suggests.
Only 1 percent of kids aged 10 to 17 have shared images of themselves or others that involve explicit nudity, a nationally representative study found. Roughly the same number said they’d shared suggestive but less graphic photos; while 7 percent said they’d received either type of picture.
The research focused on teens only _ not young adults, an age group included in some earlier studies which showed considerably higher sexting participation. The new study suggests texting of sexual photos among younger kids is rare.
The results are reassuring, showing that teen sexting isn’t rampant, usually isn’t malicious, and is generally not something parents should panic over, said lead author Kimberly Mitchell, a research assistant psychology professor at the University of New Hampshire.
Previous reports said as many as 1 in 5 young people, or 20 percent, have participated in sexting. But some surveys included older teens and people in their early 20s. And some used definitions of sexting that included racy text messages without photos, or images “no more revealing than what someone might see at a beach,” authors of the new study said.
An Associated Press-MTV poll done in August found that 7 percent of teens said they had sent a naked photo of themselves. That result was for older teens _ 14 to 17 _ and was conducted online.
The latest study focused only on pictures, and asked more detailed questions about the kinds of racy photos kids are sharing.
Is this stuff legal? What would you do if you found out that your children were showing racy pictures of themselves to God knows who? What if it was your parents, what would you do?
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At the beach all youu see is people in bathin suits. um if my child sent photos like that, they will not have a cell phone!! They will be taught better than that.
ReplyDeleteIf my parents found out then I would be grounded and my phone would be taken away.
ReplyDeletewell i would not pay for data and on my phone i dont get data so that can not happen without data
ReplyDeletei dont think that this is acceptable at all !
ReplyDeleteI would be upset, but I mean I just dont know. That has to be a lesson learned of their own. Not saying I would let it be ok, but you have to mistake to learn.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what I would do if I found something like that. If my child was doing something like that then there must be someone who is presuring them. So... I don't know if I would help them or beat their a**.
ReplyDeleteNo, its illegal. I would ask them why they did it, and why they feel like they needed to do it, then i would beat the mess out of 'em. I would be ashamed I would talk bad to her and tell her i gonna disown them.
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