HART: So your teenager is sexting? Relax, it is very normal
Today’s teenage girls actually like the idea of sex. Fortunately, access to the Internet is actually encouraging teenagers to start having sex later. ILLUSTRATION| IGAH
When today’s parents were growing up, they probably passed each other notes.
Nowadays there’s sexting which is an integral part of social and dating lives.
As we get older, we quickly forget what it was like to be young, don’t we? Like do you remember your teenage crushes? As a parent you hope your teenage daughters haven’t got there yet. But I promise you they have! All the way through from age 12 or 13. And the ones with boyfriends, or boys who’re interested in them, are sending sexy selfies and texts.
Because when you were growing up, you probably passed each other notes in class. Nowadays there’s sexting! Today’s teens send each other sexually explicit messages and nude pictures and think that’s a completely natural thing to do.
