Naked Photos Shared Via Cell Phones Land Teens In Hot Water

I see it funny, and predictable, that someone would bring up the "god and school" debate for this. Keeping god and school separate was an act to keep both/either church and state from becoming too powerful. The church, as a whole, does have a big part in this, though. We as a nation are TOO censored as it is, and I, myself, blame that for all of this. And THAT is because of the church. The religious set are always "that's so wrong," "It's against God." Well, to those people, god gave us free will, so NO, it's not against god, it's against YOUR ideals.
Parents are always telling their kids to "be themselves," and now that they're doing it, they get in trouble for it. What we need is a more moderate censorship system. The kids are going to be exposed to everything whether or not we like it, so stop trying to shield them from the world, help them cope with all this stuff as they get hit with it, and don't make them feel like they're going to get punished for coming to you.

How about it is the typical behavior of slutty teens who have absolutely no raising and no morals! If if was my kid, they would no longer have a cell phone. Have any of these great parents tried this? No, no, not for their little darlings. The parents of this generation of kids have caused this mess with their permissiveness. I shudder to think what's gonna happen when this generation is in charge.

Well first of all not all teens are like this...the ones that are taking the pics are most likely the ones with parents who have bad parenting skills and dont know what the hell their child is up to, so dont blame all teens and actually dont blame the teens at all, if their parents were part of their lives and knew what the hell was going on none of them would be snapping these pics in the first place.

Gene "Being a defense attorney, I find that prosecuting these teens for this type of behavior is beyond apprehensible. Child pornography laws were created to protect the children, not to prosecute them. We are now using what was once for their benefit against them, so that they can be branded for life as sexual offenders and be put on a sexual registry list, which will definitely ruin their lives"

Good, they need to think before they act. They are sending pictures of themselves and others. It's still child pornography and a punishable offense.
The punishment isn't tough enough as it is.

They should be locked away until they are twenty-one.

Bleeding hearts need to start thinking.

The rules are in place for everyone to follow. If they can get away with it so can the adults who talk theses pictures. As others have said it's only a naked picture and no one is hurting anyone. So, either theses children follow the rules or no one has to follow them.

Stop making excuses for them.

Gene "Being a defense attorney, I find that prosecuting these teens for this type of behavior is beyond apprehensible. Child pornography laws were created to protect the children, not to prosecute them. We are now using what was once for their benefit against them, so that they can be branded for life as sexual offenders and be put on a sexual registry list, which will definitely ruin their lives"

Good, they need to think before they act. They are sending pictures of themselves and others. It's still child pornography and a punishable offense.
The punishment isn't tough enough as it is.

They should be locked away until they are twenty-one or longer.

Bleeding hearts need to start thinking.

The rules are in place for everyone to follow. If they can get away with it so can the adults who take these pictures. As others have said, "It's only a naked picture and no one is hurting anyone".
Doesn't matter, it's still child pornography and a crime no matter what their age.

So, either these children follow the rules or no one has to follow them.

Stop making excuses for them.

WTG Freeman Marshall !!

wow im like young and i dont do that sure i will wear short shorts and cute tops but come on a little overboard much think about it what if everyone did that?? so much 4 high class right i mean honestly people god knows!!!

find something better to do all of u!

adults just over react about this, you guys act like if its the new hot thing to do, well wake up its been going on for years, just because now you guys know about it doesnt mean it is at its highest peak ever. a particular comment made me mad, about not letting us drive till 21? how are we suppsoed to contribute to society maintaing low wage jobs? jobs that you guys wouldnt dare to have? cmon. nudity has nothing to do with drinving its like a crossover sanction. besides if hannah montana and all them disney channel stars could do it with out getting punished why cant normal citizens do it?

ok people this is pretty rediculous from many views. im only 17, but i feel more than qualified to reply. sence i have raised my brothers and sisters because of my mom being dead. ok to the point. where are teenagers getting this from? i mean seriously where do kids learn there traits. monkey see monkey do. why do they do this? obviously they think it is acceptable. what are parents doing to change this? what have parents done to prevent this? i do understand that there is only so much a parent can do, but you might not be doing enough. although it only takes one bad apple to ruin everything. i mean seriously people quit critizing and start doing something. i mean step outside your comfort zone its your kids, there worth it right? how have we got here in the first place? because of the parents not because of the kids. if you give your kids freedom you need to make it clear on how to use it. just start being parents, dont expect your kids to do it themselves, dont expect the school to do it, or yours kids friends parents to do it either. its your kid, you take responcibility.

That's what happens when druggies have children and anything goes ... We have a total society collapse .. No values to be found... Of course these sloppy parents ecpect the Schools to raise their obnoxious Children ... I admre teachers. What a job the yhave to do for so little pay ... Plus they have to deal with these a.... hole parents ...

well...i just thought i would add an unimportant quip to this mind boggling conversation stream: i happen to be 16 and female. i also happen to have a myspace account. i would just like to thank this ignorant person for stating that all the photos on myspace posted by teen girls are "slutty." the stereotype is not appriciated, dear. then, of course, are the many who have typed that we, the teenage female population, have no idea what we are doing and so on. why must we stereotype? i happen to be decently intellegent and, to top that, not "slutty." from personal experience, its not the teens who need to be evaluated as much as the environment in which they dwell. if some of you are trying to figure out where in the world these girls are getting these ideas, check the internet and possibly TV. not all television is bad, i realize this, just as i realize that not aspects of the internet or society are bad, but watching a comedian on comedy central past about 10 PM will set you up a "girls gone wild" comercial. i tend to find this a bit degrading and stupid. of course, there is the rap songs of today, which, i remind you, simply state what is meant rather than hint at it, that are also horribly degrading. thus, a teen girl's exposure of herself is not simply in attempt to be accepted, it has become honourable in her circle of friends, and even brought up in some of her own father's materials. Oh, lest ye forget, the baby boomers were going to hell in a handbasket, too. Please do not be so quick to judge when it is your generation making pornography one hundred percent more accessable and acceptable. i am not condoning these actions, simply trying to let you see my side. i am sure a few will be upset with me. so be it.

For every 1 kid posting sketchy pictures theres another 10000 that aren't. There is a certain degree of regulation with networking sites (facebook, myspace etc) These are the same kids who 30 years ago would have been doing this with poloroids. now instead of an angry boy/girl -friend showing all his friends the picture its the boy/girl -friend showing the picture. This is no more a lapse in "morals" than it was when rock and roll was new.

I agree with some of what others has said that its really dumb that prosecutors would prosecute someone who is a minor to take naked pictures of themselves and sending them to another minor! The only way I view it as wrong is if someone who is 3 or more years older than that minor takes naked pictures of themselves and sending it to a minor. Some laws state that parents are not allowed legally by law to have access to their child's medical records once they reach 16 years of age! I have sent naked pictures of myself to a now ex boyfriend! But I have learned my lesson to actually respect my body for what it is and that I am no longer willing to take naked pictures of myself on my cellphone or even my camera! I am still considered a teenager but I am 19! Teens have to learn their lessons by the mistakes they make but these laws are absolutely ridiculous! Teenagers like myself are going to make mistakes! It is a part of life! We learn from them! And for people to say that a cell phone is a privilege, I view my cellphone as a way of contacting the authorities in case of an emergency! Yes, it is nice to talk to my friends whenever I want by talking or texting them! My mother gave me a cellphone for the first time when I was only in the 5th grade! My mother is a 911 dispatcher and knows of the ever present dangers in this world so when I first got my first cellphone I only used it to call my mother! But when my mother thought that I was ready she upgraded my phone, my minutes, as well as adding texting! My mother loves it that I text her when I leave the house! It is her way of knowing whenever I leave the house! It is a safety net for me to always have my cellphone!

are the rap songs* (obvious mistake in the above comment made by myself. i appolagize.)

Okay.

Gene, you spelled "reprehensible" incorrectly. You actually used the wrong word entirely. I think, I HOPE you meant "reprehensible".

Second of all, "Fred Thompson", I admire your trolling abilities.

That being said, yeah, it's time for parents to step up and act like what they are. My parents were "hyperprotective" but I ended up a perfectly adjusted human being who would never have thought about baring my breasts for the benefit of a boy. I was raised to be more confident than that. Most girls who do this sort of thing (and there were a few in my high school) had bad parents and serious confidence issues, or else are the children whose parents were too "My child would NEVER do that" and therefore never faced punishment or had to take responsibility.

I was born in 1988 and my parents are of the old-school when it comes to raising kids. So many of my peers' parents were kids of the sixties who, in their total attempt to buck their own parents' values, lost sight of what made their parents good at what they did. I got my butt busted if I did wrong and I surely did not make the same mistake twice. Most of the kids I graduated with had never been grounded seriously, never been paddled or otherwise really punished, and never had to worry about themselves. Their parents were so worried about being as "evil" as their parents had been (that is, not so lenient as they had wished) that in their attempt to validate themselves as good parents (by attending to their child's every "want" versus "need" in the psycho-physical sense) that they totally failed to instill any self-pride, work ethic, sense of accomplishment in one's successes, or anything of any long-lasting value. But in the same moment these kids were faulted as mentally incapacitated (ADD, ADHD, bipolar) when those instant-gratification methodologies led to inability to emotionally cope with the world they had to enter.

Long story short, the kids who do this today are part of a generation who never had responsibilities or repercussions to their actions. In a world where "being too pretty" gets you out of jailtime for a serious sexual offense, it's time parents took a stand to raise their kids instead of expecting teachers, television, or a pill to.