Sexting, a word I wasn’t even familiar with myself until recently; until I overheard two distressed looking mothers discussing it, whilst I was trying to catch a cab home one evening. I didn’t catch all the conversations as they spoke under their breath – but the word ‘sexting’ repeated over and over and at first, I thought I had been misunderstood. Speculative as always, arriving home, I googled it in and was shocked at the results tallying up in front of me. So what did I find out?
I felt a wave of nausea to read that children in their teens and those who are barely in their teens, were using their new camera cellphones to take vulnerable photos of themselves and send them between other cellphones and shock, horror – even sending them on a direct path into the realms of the cyber world. Since that evening, the word ‘sexting’ has been popping up left, right and center – a continuous knot in my stomach. I am by no means a prude, and it is no big news that children as young as 11 and 12 are already curious about sex – but this is taking it too far.
One button push takes a split second, but those photos will do the rounds for what will feel like an eternity, scarring innocent childhoods. We worry a lot about our children’s impulsive actions and now this – the new phenomenon of sexting is a serious matter that requires parents to speak tactfully with their children. To think we had the worst of internet consumption through freely available porn sites, whatever next? I dread to think.
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