Monday, January 21, 2013

Teen Text Message Monitoring


Parents are aware of how much teens are enthralled with texting so why are there so many parents in denial that their own teen maybe sexting other teens? I hear all the time, “Oh my child would never do that.” Well with all the latest statistics about teens’ sexting and how curious they are about sex, to put it mildly, it is common sense to monitor text messages. 

Teens view sexting as a modern version of cybersex or phone sex. A recent study in Pediatrics found out of 1560 kids between the ages of 10 to 17 years old that 9.6 % admitted to appearing, creating or receiving a sexual suggestive image. So with kids’ curiosity getting the best of them on their cell phones, don’t you think text message monitoring is an important habit for parents to get into?

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