On the news was a story about Sexting. It is a whole new craze among young people. They send nude pictures of themselves to each other.
The reason why I am blogging about this is for a number of reasons.
1) A tweeter, tweeted that because of Sexting we should ban Facebook & Blackberry BBM.
2) A while ago there was a story about a young girl who posted a video on YouTube before committing suicide. her name was Amanda Todd.
It is so easy to blame social media, but what about the programmes that they watch.
All programmes aimed at young people, especially those heading into puberty, are so highly focused on dating, sex & being attractive.
This report by Channel 4 News, despite the increase of smartphone technology in the hands of young people, the times have changed. I am not saying that this is a good thing, far from it.
This report indicates that we (adults) have forgotten that we are putting the pressure on young teenagers to be more sexual explorative. We have programmes like Skins, Hollyoaks & even the movies, that portray so much sex, that it is impossible for young people to escape the pressures.
I enjoy my online social networking, but I don't think that it is the problem in regards to Sexting & young people becoming promiscuous.
This story worries me, because people have such low self-esteem & this will cause much more in the way of esteem issues. One of the young guys on the New Report stated that relationships are now formed on whether the girl who has sent a picture of her body has a nice body & that indicates whether they want to date her. It is not based on what is inside.
This will cause an increase in young people (male or female) who have eating disorders, or any body image issue.
The idea that the PSHE teacher Sarah Mills has in regards to a website, is a very good idea, as it answers the questions that young people need answers to & educates them via the medium that they have become accustom to.
One thing that has got me worried though, is my use of smiley's, which have taken on a new meaning after the report.
I will not repeat it, but if you watch the Channel 4 report closely, you'll know what I mean...
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