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December 3, 2015
Title: Sexting is Serious Problem
Topic: Sexting
Discussed by Captain Gary Spurger
with Harris County Sheriff’s Office (www.harriscountyso.org)
Disclaimer: Use caution when listening to this segment around young
children. Issues discussed might be upsetting or hard for little ones to
understand.
Texting is nothing new, but “sexting” is a fairly new issue which has
many in law enforcement concerned. Many parents, however, are clueless as to not
only the dangers of sexting, but how frequent and wide-spread it is. Recent
research has uncovered that nearly thirty percent of teens have shared an
inappropriate photo of themselves with another teen at least once.
Captain Gary Spurger, with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, urges
parents to listen to this segment with their teens and tweens, especially if
they have a cell phone that can take and send pictures. Sexting is becoming an
everyday occurrence among teens, even tweens, and this is where the law steps
in. Captain Spurger explains that the law classifies a nude picture of a child
(or teen not yet an adult) as “child sexual assault”; it’s not simply
pornography, and a teenager who is considered an adult can be charged with a
felony. This will result with that teen being labeled a sex offender for ten
years.
If the two teens exchanging nude photos are both underage, the law is slightly
different, but still severe. Teens, is it worth it? Sexting can not only affect
your criminal record, but your hopes of attending a lucrative college, obtaining
a good job, and will affect the rest of your life.
NOTE: Parents, do not be afraid to check your teen or tween’s cell phone
periodically. You are not “invading their privacy”; it is your right to
do whatever you feel necessary in order to protect them from harm. “Online
actions have off-line consequences in the real world,” Captain Spurger
says.
Listen in as Captain Spurger tells parents what they should – and should not –
do if they discover a sexting photo on their child’s phone. If you would like
Captain Gary Spurger to speak to your youth group or adult networking
partnership, please contact him at 713.274.4707. For more information on this
topic, click [here]. www.NetSmartz.org
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November 18, 2015
Title: Sexting is Serious Problem
Topic: Sexting
Discussed by Captain Gary Spurger
with Harris County Sheriff’s Office (www.harriscountyso.org)
Disclaimer: Use caution when listening to this segment around young
children. Issues discussed might be upsetting or hard for little ones to
understand.
Texting is nothing new, but “sexting” is a fairly new issue which has
many in law enforcement concerned. Many parents, however, are clueless as to not
only the dangers of sexting, but how frequent and wide-spread it is. Recent
research has uncovered that nearly thirty percent of teens have shared an
inappropriate photo of themselves with another teen at least once.
Captain Gary Spurger, with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, urges
parents to listen to this segment with their teens and tweens, especially if
they have a cell phone that can take and send pictures. Sexting is becoming an
everyday occurrence among teens, even tweens, and this is where the law steps
in. Captain Spurger explains that the law classifies a nude picture of a child
(or teen not yet an adult) as “child sexual assault”; it’s not simply
pornography, and a teenager who is considered an adult can be charged with a
felony. This will result with that teen being labeled a sex offender for ten
years.
If the two teens exchanging nude photos are both underage, the law is slightly
different, but still severe. Teens, is it worth it? Sexting can not only affect
your criminal record, but your hopes of attending a lucrative college, obtaining
a good job, and will affect the rest of your life.
NOTE: Parents, do not be afraid to check your teen or tween’s cell phone
periodically. You are not “invading their privacy”; it is your right to
do whatever you feel necessary in order to protect them from harm. “Online
actions have off-line consequences in the real world,” Captain Spurger
says.
Listen in as Captain Spurger tells parents what they should – and should not –
do if they discover a sexting photo on their child’s phone. If you would like
Captain Gary Spurger to speak to your youth group or adult networking
partnership, please contact him at 713.274.4707. For more information on this
topic, click [here]. www.NetSmartz.org
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