I believe the best way to make sure teens avoid sexting is building strong relationships between parents and their children. If you’re a parent that would like to have a stronger relationship with your child, the website http://www.justsayyes.org is an excellent resource – check it out!

The concern is that teenagers need to be protected sometimes – more from themselves than others, perhaps.

Overall, I tend to agree with you, though.

Neuroskeptic – it’s a long story, but someone once broke into a flat in which I was sleeping and took the television. I ran out after them in my dressing gown and said ‘give that back!’ after which the TV was placed into my hands in a kind of ’sorry, thought you didn’t need it’ sort of a way. This and your acquaintance’s experiences would suggest that ‘don’t ask, don’t get’ also applies to robberies!

I knew a girl who had nude pictures of her boyfriend on her mobile. Then she was mugged, they took her wallet & phone. She asked for her phone back, they gave it back funnily enough (it wasn’t a very good phone).