Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Sexting Part 1 Contiued
One way to know more about teens and sexting is to check out this link http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7337547&page=1
Sexting , What a parent can do.- Part 1 of 4
Five months ago a former counseling client of mind dropped by the office for a quick visit. He seemed upset and as he entered the room he said, "Look at this! What to do I do about this?" He politely yet forcefully pushed a cellphone up to my eyes to view a topless picture of his fifteen year old daughter that she had emailed to her boyfriend. As as side note I have elected to never view a cell phone photo that a parent wants to show me.
In the past three months I have has three parents bring their 12-16 year old daughters into the office for sexting, sending partial nude or totally nude photos of themselves to their boyfriends.
Over the next few days I will be giving you links and key things you, as a parent can do to, to be effective in lowering the risk for you teen.
Principle 1 - You are the parent, you pay the bill, you own the phone, you have a right and responsibility to be a good watchdog.
Principle 2 - Get out of denial and learn how to check up on your kid. Privacy has to do with changing clothes and going to the bathroom, not all of their communications.
Check out this link from Good Morning America it is a group called wired moms, that gives you tools for checking out your kid's web presence. Here is their twitter page http://twitter.com/wiredmoms
John
In the past three months I have has three parents bring their 12-16 year old daughters into the office for sexting, sending partial nude or totally nude photos of themselves to their boyfriends.
Over the next few days I will be giving you links and key things you, as a parent can do to, to be effective in lowering the risk for you teen.
Principle 1 - You are the parent, you pay the bill, you own the phone, you have a right and responsibility to be a good watchdog.
Principle 2 - Get out of denial and learn how to check up on your kid. Privacy has to do with changing clothes and going to the bathroom, not all of their communications.
Check out this link from Good Morning America it is a group called wired moms, that gives you tools for checking out your kid's web presence. Here is their twitter page http://twitter.com/wiredmoms
John
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