Today, a young teen seems quite comfortable when it comes to documenting their lives online. We are fully aware teens are used to posting photos, updating their status and sharing texts.
On the other hand, posting messages and comments on social media is creating an environment where young kids and teens usually turn towards the making of impulsive decisions that can ultimately embarrass them.
All these activities can harm, embarrass and haunt teens are going to be discussed with the topic of “sexting.”
Let’s Define “Sexting”
Experts have another opinion about sexting; they believe sexting is a reality that is here to stay.
Kids and teens do it to entice, show off, show interest in someone or to prove loyalty or commitment.
According to the Stats
- Almost 22% of young teens and tweens and 20% of young boys are used to sending or receiving nude or semi-nude photos via cell phones connected to cyberspace.
- 22% of teens believe technology is making them more forward than ever before and even aggressive.
- 38% of teens do sexting for sexual hookups with the opposite gender via social media apps.
- However, 29% of teens have the slightly different opinion; they believe sexting is a start to having a date with someone in real-life. All the stats mentioned earlier have come from the 2009 National Campaign to prevent teen pregnancy.
Sharing this type of sexual content in the form of text messages and even in photos is risky. The sender is in a compromising position, and the receiver has possession of a highly-compromising image or message.
This image or message can be leaked or shared by the receiver on digital media platforms such as Facebook, Yahoo, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Instagram and plenty of others alike.
What should Parents do?
- If you’ve provided a cell phone to your kids and teens, don’t wait for the incident or activity to happen. You need to discuss the evil thing before it captures the mind of your teens.
- Express to them once you have sent your compromising photos to your friend or boyfriend, your respect and dignity are at stake. Tell your teens not to put their respect and peace into danger by sending someone sexually explicit photos or videos.
- Tell them the consequences of sending someone sexting-based photos and messages, because anyone who has the possession of the compromising images can easily blackmail them.
Guide your kids and teens if someone has shared photos via text message then delete it as soon as possible. Because if they share it on any platform, it will be a type of pornography that’s against the law.
Install Cell Phone Spy App on your Kid’s Cell Phone
Parents can monitor all the compromising activities of kids and teens on their cell phones with the help of a mobile phone spy app. Install it on your cell phone by getting the subscription by visiting the cell phone monitoring app website.
You will have the credentials. Now, install it on your teen’s phone and get access to cell phone surveillance software online control panel with the given passcode and ID.
Now, visit the mobile spy app spying features.
The Parent can use Text Messages Spy
It enables parents to track all the sent or received text messages such as iMessages, SMS, BMM chat messages and others. This will keep parents up to date on all the text messages or sexting-related activities to the fullest.
However, a user can use spy 360 live screen sharing, and broadcast live the screen of the target phone to the online control panel. Parents can view live target cell phone activities on the screen.
In turn, parents will learn whether their kids and teens are involved in any sexting activity.
Furthermore, parents can use IM’s social media of the mobile phone surveillance app and view IM’s logs text conversations and shared media files, such as photos and videos to the fullest on all the popular social messaging apps. Ultimately, parents can come to know the compromising activities of teens such as sexting or sending sexually explicit photos.
Parents can even stop kids and teens remotely to get involved in sexting with a remote phone controller. They can block text messages remotely.
If teens are going to send the sexual photo, they can remotely block the internet to prevent the activity.
Final Thoughts
At what point do you consider a teen’s right to privacy? Or do they not have that right?
This article explains how teenagers engage in sexting and how parents can help their children avoid the consequences. Furthermore, parents can monitor their children’s cell phone activation from a specific app without the children being aware that their privacy is being invaded. Thank you for providing this information.
Hi Prasanta,
Thank you for your comment. I agree parents should do proper monitoring of their kid’s cellphone, especially in their formative years.
Rae.