Posts Tagged ‘sexting’
Getting even by sexting backfires on teen couple
Breaking up with each other is hard enough regardless of your age. But with the sexting craze and short-term relationships of many high school and college students, the break-up can lead to unexpected attention. Two students at Hempfield Area High School in Pennsylvania broke up …
Sexting is not just for students
Melinda Dennehy was a language teacher for three years at a New Hampshire high school. In 2010 she sent several photos of herself to a 15-year-old boy at her school. According to the student, the photos portrayed her genitals and she texted him continuously with details of …
Sexting photos surface five years later
When a young Pennsylvania teenager posted sexually graphic photos of himself in 2003 or 2004, he may have forgotten about it over the years. He was 12 or 13 at the time and didn’t expect them to turn up on the Internet in his adult life. But they …
New Sexting Laws in 2011
As you know, sexting has become a huge issue in recent years resulting in tragic endings for some teenagers and extremely harsh legal penalties for others facing charges under states’ child pornography laws. Sexting is the sending or receiving of nude or semi-nude photos by cell …
Top ten new laws affecting teens (and parents) in 2011
Many states have added new laws concerning teens and/or parents which went into effect on January 1, 2011. Here is a list of the top 10 new laws affecting teens: 1. Fake Facebook profiles beware. Making it a new crime to harass, cyberbully or defraud another …