Sext-Ed

Family Circle Magazine

January 2010

In the name of fun and flirtation, girls and boys alike are sending one another explicit photos and messages on their cell phones, with potentially lifelong consequences. It's tech-sharing-gone-wild that parents cannot ignore.

It's a normal Monday evening. You're making dinner while your husband helps your 9-year-old son with his homework at the kitchen table and your 14-year-old daughter sits nearby texting on her cell. A few minutes later she goes to her...