Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Digital citizenship Who's Job is it??

"No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form." J.P. Morgan

"'Sexting' by teens a punishable offense" was the headline of last Saturday's paper. I can't help but think about how we must get a handle on this as soon as we can. What are we doing, letting our children run amuck with no guidance on how to be good digital citizens? Parents are buying their children digital phones with cameras, they are texting nude photos of themselves to others. Oh my! Where is the problem and who is going to take care of the children? Sexual exploitation of a child means sending and receiving seually explicit photos of anyone under 18. We need to be teaching our kids this....at home, at school, any chance we get. We can't afford to let our children ruin their lives just because we don't know how to lead them in this new era of digital tools. This job belongs to all of us!!!!

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