Mona Gable: Coping with Sexting

Now that we’ve gotten those infernal tea-bagging parties out of the way, let’s get to what’s really important: sexting and teens.

I hope I don’t need to explain what this trend is, because I’d just as soon leave that to Urban Dictionary or to Good Morning America, which recently held a no-holds-barred Town Hall meeting with parents and teens on the issue. One of those parents was Cynthia Logan, whose 18-year-old daughter was named Jessica.

Maybe you remember the story? Jessica sent her boyfriend a nude cell phone image of herself. After they split up, being the generous guy he is, he decided to pass the photo on to 100 close friends. Faster than you can say Facebook, Jessica’s life became the modern-day equivalent of The Scarlet Letter. She was taunted, shunned. Called vicious names. The abuse was horrific. Trying to do something positive, the Ohio teen appeared anonymously on a local news show and talked about her plight. It didn’t help. She was so torn up she took her own life.

via Mona Gable: Coping with Sexting.