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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach middle school and my opinion is that you need to check their phones. We have to waste so much time in school  dealing with phone issues. I have had female students make pornos of themselves and send it to boys. Then we have to get the police involved. It is out of control. I always tell parents during conferences to check their child's phone. I don't think most of you have any clue what is really going on.[/quote]

So if you check your kid's phone and there are no DIY porn videos on it, do you not talk about how dangerous it is to make and share sexual content? Of course not - you talk about it regardless, in lots of different ways. My teen and I had a discussion the other day about how kids sharing a sext of a classmate can be charged with child porn distribution, which can be a life altering crime. It was pretty eye opening for him. I have no reason to believe he every will share a sext, but we have those conversations. We do the same for drugs, alcohol, suicide, sex in general. I think checking the phone can give you a false sense of security (well, MY kid isn't into that bad stuff) and it also gives you an uneasy window into their social and internal lives that no parent really should have, in order to build healthy autonomy and boundaries. I hear you, teacher, and thank you for what you do - I wish phones could go into lockers and stay there all day long, for your sake and our kids'.[/quote]

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