'Sexting' Is the New 'Spin the Bottle,' Argues Canadian Professor

IMAGINE THIS LAME BRAIN MAY BE YOUR KIDS TEACHER SOME DAY....I WONDER IF IT WOULD SEEM O.K. IF IT WAS HIS DAUGHTER DOING IT....

How many kids does this guy have?

Hey Professor Moron,your supposed to help kids,what are you a pervert?

Hmmm.... Professor Peter Cumming is an "Expert" according to this author. An expert in what? This guy is an english teacher at a college.

Here is the essence of his resume' -In addition to his work as an actor, director, and educator, Peter Cumming is also a writer who has produced stage plays, nonfiction, and several books for children. Along with his work in theater, Cumming has also written two picture books.

Helluva so called "expert".

So a English teacher who didn't even interview anyone and just read news reports about count 'em 4 CASES says it's ok and you jump on board with him...Interesting........No wonder Time Warner wants out......Better get those customer service people ready to keep people on the phone for 45 minutes again.....You really wanna get on board with this guy....News reports about 4 cases

PARENTS WON'T PUNISH KIDS FOR BEING OUT OF CONTROL, UNDOUBTEDLY THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT. SO LET THE LAW HANDLE IT BEFORE THE KIDS' PICTURES WIND UP ON PORN SITES. THERE IS NO CONTAINMENT ANYMORE BY PARENTS. KIDS NEED CENSORING.

Wake up people! Look behind the the curtian! Do yourself a favor. Stop watching tv, Listening to the radio, etc., Then, re evaluate what is important! Morals, etc., You are being brainwashed. How you should look, what you need, what is acceptable! Read this article and THINK!!!!

hey SWITCHED! you are SUCH A BUNCH OF IDIOTS!!!!! WHAT is so "HARMLESS" about teenagers playing doctor, which in itself is a WORLD of difference from spin the bottle!? youre STARTING with a false premise, and think just because we all did it, it was ok. CHILD MOLESTORS MEET IN CHAT ROOMS AND REACH THE SAME CONCLUSION. these same "EXPERTS" and duhhh "frankly," YOU, come from broken homes, use prescription drugs as a way of life, and think the solution to teenage pregnancy is "harmless" abortion, (when mothers who aborted their babies is one of the highest suicide rates for any "medical procedure,," and probably also classify suicide as population control/survival of the fittest. along with THIS bunk, they'll reap their reward soon, along with everyone else who takes their "sound advice." PARENTS: TAKE THE TIME TO TEACH YOUR KIDS TO LOVE THEIR PRIVACY AND THEIR BODIES AND THEIR FUTURE FAMILY, SO THEY CAN SHARE THAT LOVE WITH THE KIDS WHOS PARENTS ARE TOO STUPID OR IRRESPONSIBLE TO TAKE THE TIME TO TEACH THEM FIRST. I am SO relieved to see similar comments. and yes, it would certainly be intesting to see his demented perverted reaction when his 13 yr old daughter reads this, or when he catches her sexting

This "profesor " has written books for children ? What a laugh!!!! Some kind of expert.

I have never been a fan of lines in the sand drawn at 18 and 21 years old. For instance, a 21 year old in the height of the egos get introduced to alcohol for the first time {assuming the law is followed} and this rule is in the name of public safety? I had friends die in high school due to drunk driving, not because they wanted to be driving, but had no safe place to drink.

'Sexting' is producing child pornography according to the law and a double standard should not exist.

Parents generally purchase the phones and pay for the air time and should be held accountable as well as accomplices. How can you hold and punish one citizen for a crime and let others simply slide?

Lol... Professor Cumming....

I dont understand why everyone is so upset about this article. I guess I will be the only one who agrees that 'sexting' is no big deal. If a child wants to take pictures of themselves and send them via text message, let them deal with the consequence. But to register as a sex offender? That is a little much. Let them learn why its not right to do it on their own. If the pics end up on the interent, that should be the consequence. Let kids learn on their own, why does everyone need such control of them. They will just rebel worse in the future.

I have neither the time nor the inclination to teach you morons the truth about our atitudes about all things sexual. Needless to say, the subject is extremely complicated and filled with inacuracies galore. It begins with the creation story, blaming women for all the worlds evil, remember Pandora's box? Society has always been afraid of the power of sexual attraction. By always I mean since the begining of time! Fortunately God or nature, whichever you prefer, made the sex drive among the most powerful inherant drives in humanity. If not, we'd have become extinct thousands of years ago from our own stupitity.

I agree with the professor. I think we are being way too harsh. I have a 10 year old daughter and would be mortified if she ended up sexting, but to have her register as a sex offender? That is a little much. Monitor your children and teach them the right things. Punish them at home if need be. This should not be a matter of state unless it is a clear cut case of an adult taking advantage of a child. Have you forgotten how your hormones raged when you were a teen????

This is NOT like spin-the-bottle. As I recall, that game was played with your clothes on, and in front of others to control just how far people went! Doctor and Post Office went further, but there was still peer pressure to refrain from nudity.

Nudity has a time and a place. Minors on cellphones have no business engaging in this activity, period. When you have minor girls texting their nude photos to boys with the message "this is what you're missing" they have then crossed the line from experimentation to prostitution.

I think sexting is wrong but I don't think teens shouldn't be charged with crimes or have to sign up for being sex offenders. Thats what some of posters don't get and the professor is wrong. I think parents need to tell there teens that you shouldn't post reavling pics or you could get in trouble I would pusnish my teen if they ever do it and I fine out about it but DA's shouldn't be pressing charges on Teens if they do sexting that should be up to the parents. Erik Mowery you are dead wrong telling people to stop watching TV & radio I have never seen the media ever say how to look what you should buy as you have claim which is a lie Erik. And you have no life and are a loser.