Sexting

Sexy nighttime soaps are a staple of guilty-pleasure TV. But the current fall lineup -- which includes Gossip Girl, 90210, Melrose Place,

Before the advent of text messaging, a guy was prone to drunk-dialing a woman after stumbling home from a crowded bar, desperately trying (and often failing) to persuade her that he wasn’t that drunk, that he had been thinking about her for hours, and that he wanted her to come over… Read More »

A simple text message is the most convenient and risk-free way to communicate with a crush. You can think about what you want to say, reach them immediately, and give them time to respond. It’s a totally easy way to put yourself out there, and if they don’t respond, you can just tell yourself… Read More »

There was a great segment on today’s episode of The View with AOL Consumer Advisor, Regina Lewis, discussing ways of outsmarting teens in today’s high-tech and hypersexual world. Lewis states that technology will be a very important part of our children’s futures whether it’s how… Read More »

Have I become numb? Am I so focused on my kids' online lives that I’ve forgotten about basic influences in traditional media?… Read More »

Go directly to your child and discuss why sexting—sending nude or suggestive pictures of yourself or sexual messages via texting—is a no go. If, like me, you’re raising a tween or teen, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Isn’t it enough that we have to wrangle… Read More »

Your child -- a registered sex offender?

I would love to think that 'sexting' was only a theoretical issue in my family , but with two teens in the phone-zone, I can't make any promises that one of them hasn't sent off a racy snapshot or two (after all, 22% of teens…