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By making sexting a crime, we are making criminals of our children

By making sexting a crime, we are making criminals of our children

By making sexting a crime, we are making criminals of our children
22 September 2016

A mother who had her only child late in life caught her 15-year-old son sexting a girl in his class. The graphically saucy phone traffic was two-way. The boy was a virgin, although he and the girl, who was not, had unsuccessfully attempted intercourse.

For the mum, this was shockingly unfamiliar terrain. She thought she was acting in everybody’s best interests when she and her husband contacted the police, hoping they would explain the dangers of sexting to him.

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