A perfectly logical argument.(sarcasm)

Well, look on the bright side. At least her boyfriend should see them sooner or later.
 
Clearly, one's body is no longer their own temple, at any age.
 
In related news, Man lures 13 year old through WoW

My initial thought?
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Wait what? An underage person taking nude photos of themselves can be arrested for Child Pornography and possibly have to register as a sex offender??? Granted, what she was doing was wrong but.. shouldn't the adults viewing or receiving these pictures be the sex offenders? *blinks*
 
She possesses them, so technically she can be pinned for possession, even if they are her own.
It's one of the funny parts of the law. I just find it hilarious a 14-year-old has to register as a sex offender (if convicted~).
And if they have sent it to others and the police know who they are, they can get'em too. I think there was another case where a mother reported her daughter's boyfriend for sending her nude pictures of himself, not knowing that she could be pinned for possession as well.
 
If I was a nearby prosecutor i'd charge a random person for attempted murder. The catch. Said individual was trying to commit suicide.
 
None of these stories are shocking. Predators will prey on the naive, there's no one more naive than young girls... especially now a days.

What does shock me.. is that these young people can be charged with such crimes. Under what pretense? That's my question. There's an established law that you must wear your seatbelt, even though it's only yourself that you're putting at risk of injury. There's a law established you must wear a helmet while driving a motorcycle, even though it's only yourself that you're putting at risk of injury.

Correct me if I'm wrong, there is no established clear cut law stating underage people cannot send nude photos of themselves even though they're only putting themselves at risk. The possible risks are numerous, but most commonly I assume psychological. They need a more solid structure.. there is something missing from their lives, they feel the need to fill a gap of some sort.

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To add, leaving the decision of appropriate punishment to an officer, prosecutor, judge or jury takes parenting out of the parents/caregivers hands. At that age this is sex ed. With technology came toys. First mostly used by adults for profressional reason, now more than ever and growing ever more popular with kids. New lessons need to be learned. They're new social outlets.

It should be up to the parents discretion how the child(ren) should be punished or if at all.

It's comparable to a 14yr old choosing to have sex with a classmate. It's not statutory rape now is it? At least it shouldn't be.
 
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You could argue that a 14 year old girl being naked and looking down is committing a crime, by this logic.
 
Morcheeba said:
None of these stories are shocking. Predators will prey on the naive, there's no one more naive than young girls... especially now a days.

What does shock me.. is that these young people can be charged with such crimes. Under what pretense? That's my question. There's an established law that you must wear your seatbelt, even though it's only yourself that you're putting at risk of injury. There's a law established you must wear a helmet while driving a motorcycle, even though it's only yourself that you're putting at risk of injury.

Correct me if I'm wrong, there is no established clear cut law stating underage people cannot send nude photos of themselves even though they're only putting themselves at risk. The possible risks are numerous, but most commonly I assume psychological. They need a more solid structure.. there is something missing from their lives, they feel the need to fill a gap of some sort.

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To add, leaving the decision of appropriate punishment to an officer, prosecutor, judge or jury takes parenting out of the parents/caregivers hands. At that age this is sex ed. With technology came toys. First mostly used by adults for profressional reason, now more than ever and growing ever more popular with kids. New lessons need to be learned. They're new social outlets.

It should be up to the parents discretion how the child(ren) should be punished or if at all.

It's comparable to a 14yr old choosing to have sex with a classmate. It's not statutory rape now is it? At least it shouldn't be.
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There absolutely should be a law prohibiting minors from distributing naked pictures of themselves, be it via picture messaging, social networking sites, email, whatever. It is[/i] a danger to the person posting it. I don't think that the punishment should be up to the parent, though. If your child doesn't have the common sense not to do that, and you didn't catch it before law enforcement, then you're doing something wrong and its time for someone else to step in.

Tagrineth said:
You could argue that a 14 year old girl being naked and looking down is committing a crime, by this logic.
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Not at all. There are people with legitimate psychological disorders who like to look at (at minimum) nude pictures of children of varying ages. Posting naked pictures of yourself on the internet is a good way to attract their attention, and that puts the poster at risk. Her looking at herself naked poses no danger to anyone.
 
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There absolutely should be a law prohibiting minors from distributing naked pictures of themselves, be it via picture messaging, social networking sites, email, whatever. It is[/i] a danger to the person posting it. I don't think that the punishment should be up to the parent, though. If your child doesn't have the common sense not to do that, and you didn't catch it before law enforcement, then you're doing something wrong and its time for someone else to step in.


Not at all. There are people with legitimate psychological disorders who like to look at (at minimum) nude pictures of children of varying ages. Posting naked pictures of yourself on the internet is a good way to attract their attention, and that puts the poster at risk. Her looking at herself naked poses no danger to anyone.
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Honestly though Linh ask yourself as a mother that by the time your kids hit their rebellious stages you would most definitely catch this kind of act? Eventually I can see yes as a loving attentive parent. But that's not to say that your 14yr old daughter does get a pic to her flavor of the week, and that kids mother see that pic and call the authorities.

Umm.. the difference (major difference) being you catch this after a couple of occurrances and have the sit-down with your teenage daughter.
 
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Morcheeba said:
Honestly though Linh ask yourself as a mother that by the time your kids hit their rebellious stages you would most definitely catch this kind of act? Eventually I can see yes as a loving attentive parent. But that's not to say that your 14yr old daughter does get a pic to her flavor of the week, and that kids mother see that pic and call the authorities.

Umm.. the difference (major difference) being you catch this after a couple of occurrances and have the sit-down with your teenage daughter.
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If I didn't catch it, I'd be totally in support of my daughter being arrested, processed, released into parent custody, go to court, and be assessed a fine (I don't think juvenille detention would be appropriate for a first offense). If she didn't want to listen to me or my husband (and kids will not always listen to their parents, especially throughout their teen years no matter what the parents do sometimes), hopefully she'd at least learn the lesson there.

Much better learn that way that to have your boyfriend share your pictures with all his friends or even her entire school to where she is ridiculed on a daily basis, let alone have some pervert get ahold of them and stalk her.
 
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If I didn't catch it, I'd be totally in support of my daughter being arrested, processed, released into parent custody, go to court, and be assessed a fine (I don't think juvenille detention would be appropriate for a first offense). If she didn't want to listen to me or my husband (and kids will not always listen to their parents, especially throughout their teen years no matter what the parents do sometimes), hopefully she'd at least learn the lesson there.
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Really? Wow.

Even if no real harm was done yet? If nothing extremely damaging had happened, just the pic(s) found between the 2 by the parents, one parent deciding to notify authorities?

You don't actually have to answer that, you have explained your feelings. I'm just elaborating on the 'norm'. Believe it or not this is more common than any parent would like, and natural considering society now-a-days... which isn't necessarily saying much but it has to be expected. And I think pressing charges against two kids experimenting with sex, because that's really what this comes down to, is a little excessive.
 
If I was the one that found the pictures, I wouldn't send her downtown. I would just take her cellphone/computer/whatever she used to send them away and ground her.

I am a firm believer in being proactive instead of reactive. If my 7 year old decides to try to do cartwheels in the living room, I don't wait for her to break her wrist or put her foot through our TV before I tell her to stop doing that. To me, this is the same thing, just on a different scale.

I think its a little different than experimenting with sex IMO. That may have been the intent behind the photos, but fact is the potential danger to the child is different than had she flashed her tits at him in her bedroom.
 
Linhjah said:
Not at all. There are people with legitimate psychological disorders who like to look at (at minimum) nude pictures of children of varying ages. Posting naked pictures of yourself on the internet is a good way to attract their attention, and that puts the poster at risk. Her looking at herself naked poses no danger to anyone.
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It is the exact same thing. What if said girl was a lesbian and took naked pictured of herself? If authorities found those pictured of HERSELF on her computer, in what way does that justify her registering as a sex offender? It is the exact same thing as her looking at herself naked in a mirror in, say, the bathroom.

If she takes pictures of herself because an old man requested them, it should be the old man registering as a sex offender, NOT the old man AND the 14 year old girl. Because, guess what, she likely have those pictures saved at her computer as well.

You can't "pick and choose" who should register as a sex offender. If she registers as a sex offender because of this, every pre-18 year old who is in posesion of pictures of themselves should register as a sex offender, whether or not they took them because of a pedophiles request. And imo, that is retarded.
 
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It is the exact same thing. What if said girl was a lesbian and took naked pictured of herself? If authorities found those pictured of HERSELF on her computer, in what way does that justify her registering as a sex offender? It is the exact same thing as her looking at herself naked in a mirror in, say, the bathroom.
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Because the law prohibits possession. Even if it is of themselves, they possess photos of an underaged individual doing sexually explicit things.

If they're both underaged, and they want to see each other naked (provided they don't violate the age of consent laws), then they should find some private time to do so. But as soon as one of them snaps that picture, they're violating the law.
 
Linhjah said:
If I didn't catch it, I'd be totally in support of my daughter being arrested, processed, released into parent custody, go to court, and be assessed a fine (I don't think juvenille detention would be appropriate for a first offense).
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Not to be a douche or anything, but since when did a fine solve anything? That's like stickin' a kids nose in the corner, with no other reprimand, instead of bustin' their ass. No harm no foul is what it interprets too. A short trip to juve, be it even a week, just to see what kind of treat she's in for if she keeps it up would really call up some heavy reflection.
 
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Because the law prohibits possession. Even if it is of themselves, they possess photos of an underaged individual doing sexually explicit things.

If they're both underaged, and they want to see each other naked (provided they don't violate the age of consent laws), then they should find some private time to do so. But as soon as one of them snaps that picture, they're violating the law.
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Which is why it is retarded. Possession of naked pictures of yourself shouldn't be against the law. It would be like saying anyone below the age of 18 getting naked to shower is performing an illegal act.
 
They aren't recording their nudity onto a medium though. I think that's the main difference here.
 
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