Kids Sexting Less Common Than Thought, Study Says

Sexting

Explicit “sexting” by kids may be far less prevalent than previously thought, and police intervention may also be less common according to two new reports published online today in the journal Pediatrics. The first survey finds that only about 1 percent of children 17 and younger have texted explicitly pornographic images.

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