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    Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: Sexting? I've got time for this right in between making a pregnancy pact with the girls and randomly swallowing my parents' prescription meds. Might h... more »
    lalaland13: Agree with the others who say the panic is a bit overblown. In some cases, yes, it's an issue. But otherwise, this is just the combination of two thin... more »
    prettycool: Dani Cox's story reminds me of a freshman in some drama production I was in. He was a little horndog and one day he kept asking me if I wanted to see ... more »
    rocknrollunicorn: I don't send dirty pics. And most sexually explicit text conversations I enter go back and forth for awhile before I pass out in front of an old episo... more »
    pandorasmittens: With all of this conflicting information about what is and is not cool, I am finding it incredibly difficult to keep up with these whippersnappers. more »
    Newsgirl: Can we change Teen Girl Panel to Teen Girl Squad? Cause I love the Teen Girl Squad. Anybody else? more »
    water baby: I have a feeling people were taking nude pictures of themselves before cell phones existed. They were just a bit harder to pass around... more »
    MizJenkins: Inappropriate sexual exhibitionism probably isn't that much more "widespread" among teenagers than it's ever been in terms of the percentage of teenag... more »
    Newsgirl: I hate the "all teenagers" assumptions that come across the news so often. "The new dangerous Teen Trend, up at 7!" "Is YOUR teen following an illegal... more »
    bluebears: I apparently live under a rock because I had no idea there was a panic about teens sending sexy text messages to each other. more »
    nerdycellist: This, like every other "teens are curious about sex" news story in the last 50 years, is just a bunch of media-driven hype in the quest for ratings. Y... more »
    SomeAuthorGirl: And the verdict is... there are some very smart young people and some very stupid young people. Not unlike their counterparts in the over-18 set. Teen... more »
    pandorasmittens: Sexting sells. So do multiple births, human interest stories of the week, and any other fear-based rhetoric that will send us flying into the arms of ... more »
    par3: lol Dani Cox...some how her name is just awfully sextacular. more »
    OMG a Girl Gamer: I didn't do "sexting" till I was 20 years old. I sent dirty pics... and forgot to delete the pics on my phone. My then-boyfriend needed a new phone ... more »
    hannapdx: Oh the days when teens didn't have cell phones. We didn't need sexting more »
    Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: The younger girls I hear about participating in this, and becoming the victims and perpetrators of, have not appeared to be as grounded and intellectu... more »
    I_can_still_pitch: I asked my 14 year old son about girls "sexting" and he said "I wish. That's only on the news, Dad." I guess we are getting better at creating "moral ... more »
    funnyface: not that my local news anchor would probably agree. Maybe CNN will, since they're probably reading this right now. more »
    chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish: MY GOD! Teenagers speaking SENSIBLY! What is this nonsense? And more importantly, where am I supposed to focus my righteous indignation now?! more »
  • #alltherealgirls

    Teen Girl Panel: "Sexting" Panic Is Overblown

    After the recent spate of "sky is falling"-style reactions to the alleged "epidemic" of (sorry) "sexting" and its fearsome consequences, I was really eager to hear from actual teenagers for a change. More »
  • #teenscene

    Book Report: Teenage Girls Are Seeing Red