Child porn is child porn regardless of who produced it. However, that doesn't mean that children who produce/distribute it should be treated the same as adults who produce/distribute child pornography. Children are not old or mature enough to fully grasp the seriousness of what they're doing when they exchange nude photos, and sentencing should reflect this rather than punishing kids in ways that will ruin their lives.

Kids are considered 'under age' for a good reason... They can't vote... They can't drink and make other adult decisions because their brain isn't developed... If they want to do something like this then they should have a juvenile registry that will be wiped out when they become adults

My son is 15. He just got his first cell phone this past year. When his dad got it for him, I started to address the sending pictures and sexting issue. He told me that he already understood the consequences. That it was well known in his school just how much trouble that it was.

To me this is a parenting issue. No cell phone unless you're 100% sure that your kid can handle it.


My kids have lived without cells, road their bikes miles away on the road without cells, been home alone without cells.

I think that parents have done a really really poor job of parenting if their 12 year old kids can't function without a cell phone. EVEN if it's on the side of an icy road miles from home.

Do I speak for personal experience? Why yes! I was 12, miles from home...and dealt with it.

Read Little House on the Prairie. Laura Ingalls was even more remote, for longer periods of time, in charge of younger children...and dealt with it.

There has NEVER been a safer time in the country to be a kid...fewer dangers to kids (INCLUDING abductors).

The real dangers to kids are within the home. And a cell phone won't help with that.