In the text “Why Kids Sext” by Hannah Rosin goes into detail why kids sext, what these kids are doing is wrong because it invades privacy, on how social media has a big part, harm that is being done by this, and the proper way to deal with this without making laws to lock kids up for making mistakes.This text was based on a school that had a huge problem with sexting. Photos of girls in this school were being posted on a porn site and on social media. When the parents found out there daughters were on this site they were very disappointed and wanted this shut down as soon as possible. These were smart straight A students that made a simple mistake. Sexting is wrong for many reasons but invading the privacy of girls is not something to be proud …show more content…
They do not know how much pain and sorrow this can bring to a girl's life. To deal with this situation you can't make sexting illegal for underaged kids. A whole bunch of innocent kids would go to jail where they do not belong, just for making a foolish mistake. If they were charged for this they would have child pornograhphy on their record and be a registered sex offender before they even turn eighteen. There are other ways of dealing with this situation then charging these kids with this. Showing these kids how devastating it can be could bring down the amount of sexts people send out. Kids that post pictures of the girls they tricked into sending the picture should be punished but not by the law. There should be fines and community service that comes with this. There should also be a course these kids must take that explains to them how damaging sexting can be. Explaining how someone can take their life because of this. As being an immature kid, they do not think of the consequences that come with it. There should be two warnings that should be given to the children that make this mistake. The third time around, the children have not learned their lesson yet and should be punished by the juvenile law. By spending a couple weeks in jail and put on their record. This could really damage a child's life if they were charged with this as the first offense. At least giving the children two warnings before this happens is fair and the lesson should be