This is a very good article as it brings out what the present day youth are doing, and also what the parents are up against so it illustrates the fact and it is high time parents/guardians took a more positive and concrete step to stop this problem immediately.
I value this article and this must be read by all parents.

Every Friday afternoon I take off work, put the phone on auto-answer and turn off the computer. My grandson and I go for a hamburger and then "do the town"... go to a museum, bookstore, flea market or whatever. The most personal time out of this weekly venture is during the burger. We haven't missed a "Two-Guy Friday" since we started when he was four. He is now eleven and a half. After laying a foundation like that, we can now talk about anything, including sex, drugs and rock and roll. I'm not trying to toot a horn here... I just wish to make one small statement: that a boy's future is more important than one more phone call at the office. At least he and I both know he'll enter his hormone filled teens without fear and trepidation.

This article couldn't be more timely for my household. We have recently disconnected the internet & are considering disconnecting cable as well. One of our children is without her cellphone for a lengthy period of time. We are aware that our children need to be prepared for the world & not simply sheltered from it. However, we believe that our home should be a sanctuary where they are not continually bombarded with these pressures.

The responses ...
-Agressive arguement, as if they were addicted to these
-Threatening to live with the other parent - Our family is a blended one & as such, I think parents in these situations face the somewhat real threat that their children could someday choose to no longer live with them, especially if the other parent is not your ally in parenting.
-Attempted isolation - We do not allow this in great length.

Now, after some time, things have settled somewhat. We focus on teaching our kids WHY these decisions have been made.

Blessings!

While this article is informative it does not provide a solution. It asks the question, "Why are teens sexting'?" but does not answer the real issues.

I believe behavior like 'sexting', underage drinking, drug use and premarital sex comes from hopeless individuals. If we want to see a generation rise up out of the garbage they and generations past have put them in we must offer them hope. (Jer. 29:11) This can not be false hope. By the time we turn 13 we have already experienced false hope. We need to give them hope of a better life, an abundant life, like Jesus speaks of in John 10:10.

Also we need to provide ways for them to live out their purpose and use the gifts that God has given them. I think we would all agree that we are all here for a reason. Let's help these youth find that reason through God's Word.

Lastly, we need to be all up in our kids' business. Daily cell phone checks. Daily computer checks. We have responsibility to this generation to keep them accountable.

I really appreciated the informative nature of your article. Although I was not aware of the terminology of "sexting", I am not surprised to read about yet another way of how technology is being used for that which is less than edifying. Although there are quite a few comments I could make on this subject, I just wanted to echo the need to return to God-centered child rearing. We as parents can not take a "hands-off" approach to raising our kids and hope for the best. If we are training up our child according to the tenor of His way, we need to be aware of the temptations that they are facing. The term "sex-crazed generation" has already been passed from one generation to the next like a hot potato and that doesn't seem to be changing any time soon. Albeit challenging, we have to stay on top of our kids when it comes to the use of these technologies. If they are abusing it, they will lose it. We need to get back to the fear of God and away from the fear of upsetting our kids. RWB