Comments on: Is LAUSD’s Cortines in Favor of Criminalizing Kids for Sexting?

By: Woody

Woody — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:05:26 +0000

Vermont Lawmakers Look To Legalize Teen 'Sexting' - In a recent study, 18 percent of female students nationwide say they've tried sexting. 18 percent! That's what you get from a permissive society. The article makes reference to wiresafety dot org, which seems to offer help to parents on this.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:08:03 +0000

Stokol’s article and research is so intriguing. How do you convince teenagers that once they take a picture of themselves in a digital format, it can go anywhere and potentially never be erased. That’s a big deal that can come back to haunt you.

By: pokey

pokey — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:50:56 +0000

This should be called DAs gone wild instead of sexting.

If the same girls were found having sex at school the nurse would be handing out birth control and they would NOT notify the parents.

But the same 13 year old girl who gave a BJ like the x-president got and then sent a picture of the boys dong is guilty of child porn and should be immediatly turned over to the cops, not for the sex act but for the picture.

But

By: Woody

Woody — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:23:02 +0000

Hey, watch out who you call an idiot. reg sounds like those people who don’t want kids to have guns in schools for self-defense.

This issue should be left up to the parents, and that’s where I would place the emphasis on information and guidance.

By: reg

reg — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:37:06 +0000

“In fairness to Cortines”, it sounds like he was thinking out loud about this one on an issue that had, at least to some extent, blindsided him recently and he admitted he was probably erring on the side of “overly harsh.” The way to deal with this, obviously, isn’t to overburden police departments with unnecessary bullshit – unless an adult is involved in exchanging photos with a kid – but for the responsible adults to take away any kid’s phone who is involved in this for at least a year. If that was effectively enforced across the board, and telecoms cooperated with schools and parents, the practice would stop dead in its tracks. If I had a 15 year old kid, the only cell phone they might have would be one with limited access so I and a few specific responsible people could communicate with them. Parents who pay for plans that allow their young teens to text message anyone and spend as much time as they want on their cell phones are idiots.