Safe Sexting?

Best of YMI/Youth Radio : Safe Sexting?


photo: Ayesha Walker

May 27, 2009 at 11:51am

Adults across the country are all worked up over “sexting” - teenagers using text messages and Web sites to send naked pictures of themselves to each other. Police in some states have begun charging teens who send the images as sex offenders. 18-year-old Berkeley High School senior Ahmina James has seen more "sexts" than she'd care to remember. But she says adults are ignoring the psychology behind this high-tech practice.

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