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<p>It’s awful, and it’s very real. I can’t post details here but I can tell you that in a district neither long ago nor far away from me, colossally stupid goings-on of exactly the kind mentioned in that article are leading to lawsuits, in addition to miserable teenagers. </p>
<p>Technology sure adds high octane fuel to the fire of those impulse-control issues of adolescence. :eek:</p>
<p>This does not surprise me at all. I was amazed when I heard that some parents purchased their adolescent children MacBook laptops with the built-in IChat feature. Guess what some of them are (not) wearing during those video chats with friends?..</p>
<p>If memory serves, teenagers who wanted to used to be able to let other teenagers see them naked long before MacBook laptops, with or without a built-in iChat feature, were invented. </p>
<p>If I knew that my teen were intent on flirting naked with a friend, I probably would prefer that it happen online, not in person (although I wouldn’t be happy about the images finding a permanent home on the net).</p>
<p>I’m sure this happens. I’m equally sure that it is not a major part of most teens’ courtship behavior, such as it is.</p>
<p>I don’t think technology makes people more stupid, but it does enable them to demonstrate their stupidity more efficiently.</p>
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<p>True, and teenagers who wanted to smoke pot were able to acquire joints, but their parents weren’t usually supplying the plants.</p>
<p>There can be serious consequences.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2008/04/12/norwich_man_gets_probation_in_cell_phone_sex_recording_case/[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2008/04/12/norwich_man_gets_probation_in_cell_phone_sex_recording_case/</a></p>
<p>Right. The point is not that the technology makes kids any more impulsive/stupid (though I could argue that it’s making ME more stupid!), or that kids couldn’t play show-me before - the point is that it facilities making the effects of a momentary or passing impulse PERMANENT and widely available.</p>
<p>^Sadly, sometimes that’s what it takes for a teenager to learn the lesson about not doing anything “questionable” over the internet.</p>
<p>i just don’t understand girls sometimes, as a mother of two teen girls, I jsut don’t get it</p>
<p>What is going on in their lives that they are so desperete for attention and value themselves so little…do they not get that showing themselves naked to goodness knows who doesn’t make them sexy, or popular, or valued or wanted?</p>
<p>To girls that do this WHY? what do you hope to gain? From seeing teen boys, they like girls…and you don’t have to put your body out for any and all to see naked to get a guys attention…they either like you or they don’t and if they ONLY like you because they can show you nude to their guy friends…well…is that what you think it cool?</p>
<p>I have had that conversation with my Ds and their friends, I don’t know if any have ever done that, but I just “shared” my views anyway, just in case one was considering it.</p>
<p>Its all about self respect and girls who do it pretend they are confident and together when in fact its the exact opposite</p>
<p>aka: Callers Gone Wild – what’s wrong with this picture?</p>
<p>Back when D and her friends were in middle school, they told me that some girls in their grade would go to VS (the lingerie store) and snap cellphone pics of themselves trying on sexy lingerie. I am talking about 7th & 8th grade girls! They would then post those pictures of themselves on MySpace. I have no idea whether their parents knew that or not - but I am glad D and her friends realized, even back then, that this was not a good idea.</p>
<p>This has happened in our middle school. I am just floored that girls have such little self-respect. Very sad indeed. I too had a talk with my 13-year-old and her friends, just for eye-openers.</p>