Vermont's Legislature is thinking about legalizing 'sexting.' Consensual exchange of graphic images would be legal under this new bill. Right now, a teen convicted of sexting is treated like a pedophile. The bill passed the State Senate and is heading to a House Committee.Picture: Mtv.com via Getty Images
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It's a volatile issue -- on the one hand, it's good to have the option of charging really awful cases, but then there's also the possibility of a powerful father getting a pretty big revenge on a stupid kid.
ReplyDeleteBetter just to prevent the whole thing -- For a fun way for parents to jump-start a discussion about common sense internet and social networking safety, here's a website that includes an instructional video and a very easy quiz.
http://www.auntlee.com/safety/
The video is a selection of silly clips supposedly posted to the MySpace pages of the famous auntlee.com puppy and some of her friends. The clips demonstrate mistakes kids can make online.
The 10 question quiz covers the topics of cyber-bullying, privacy, safety, dangers of spyware and malware, etc.
The quiz doesn't really focus on stranger-danger type concerns but rather gently and humorously reminds the reader that it's possible to hurt people's feelings, to mislead people who don't realize you're joking, to remember that online postings can be seen by anybody and that postings are often impossible to remove once posted.