Submitted by Chantix (not verified) on Fri, 30/01/2009 - 08:46.
The actual text messages themselves, while it would cause me stress, is not something I would focus on; if they aren't using texts to say this stuff, theres tons of other ways: phone, myspace, aol, etc. The problem I would really concern myself with would be the picture messages: a text can be disputed that someone else may have written it, but if you take a picture of yourself and send it to someone else who shares that pic, that you cannot dispute.
We had a young girl, 16 or so, in the community who did such a thing, not only sent one picture to her high school boyfriend, but sent about 30. What happened? They broke up a few months later, and this guy, for whatever reason, sent the pics to a few of his friends. It took about 3 days before it reached my mailbox, meaning that everyone else had them at that point. The girl and her family have since moved because of the embarrassment.
Pictures/video can potentially follow someone for the rest of their lives. Whether the kids are having sex or not, doesnt matter really, there isn't a whole lot that can be done to stop that. This picture thing though, thats something to have serious concern about. Thankfully my little ones are nowhere near that stage, so I've some time before I need to go mental over it.
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Pics are the problem
The actual text messages themselves, while it would cause me stress, is not something I would focus on; if they aren't using texts to say this stuff, theres tons of other ways: phone, myspace, aol, etc. The problem I would really concern myself with would be the picture messages: a text can be disputed that someone else may have written it, but if you take a picture of yourself and send it to someone else who shares that pic, that you cannot dispute.
We had a young girl, 16 or so, in the community who did such a thing, not only sent one picture to her high school boyfriend, but sent about 30. What happened? They broke up a few months later, and this guy, for whatever reason, sent the pics to a few of his friends. It took about 3 days before it reached my mailbox, meaning that everyone else had them at that point. The girl and her family have since moved because of the embarrassment.
Pictures/video can potentially follow someone for the rest of their lives. Whether the kids are having sex or not, doesnt matter really, there isn't a whole lot that can be done to stop that. This picture thing though, thats something to have serious concern about. Thankfully my little ones are nowhere near that stage, so I've some time before I need to go mental over it.