Sexting and Legislation

Some interesting statistics have come out from The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. They recently surveyed adults across the United States about under-aged sexting and the sexting legislation. Just to bring everyone up to date, right now there are 17 states that already enacted laws to address youth sexting and another 13 states have pending legislation in 2012 that focuses on sexting.

Here are the findings from the poll:

• 81 percent of adults think an educational program including counseling is an appropriate consequence.
• 75 percent of adults support requiring community service.
• 76 percent of adults think schools should give all students and parents information on sexting
• Only 20 percent or less of adults think sexting should be treated as sex crime and prosecuted under sexual abuse laws.
• 93 percent of adults believe that parents should have a major role in addressing sexting, followed by teens and thirdly school.