Sexting in Newtown: Parents React, Lawyer Weighs In

This is not about Newtown. I want to make that clear. This is a problem that all parents of a teenage son or daughter will have to navigate. We talked to some parents, and our legal corespondent, Liz Hudak, about the situation.

So, what do you say to your teenage son or daughter about this? It needs to be talked about. I can not imagine what the families involved have been through. The kids who are accused probably did not understand the repercussions of their actions, and those saying they have been victimized, I'm sure, are confused and traumatized. It's complicated, and it's new ground for everyone. We live in a digital, internet, social media age. It's the Wild West.

I was born in 1979. If I wanted to talk to a girl in my teens, I had to ask for her number, write it down, call her, get screened by her parents, drag the corded phone in my room, and talk to her until my parents shut it down. Then, I had to convince her to meet me, convince her family it was worth doing, be chaperoned, get dropped off, get her dropped off, and make sure I was respectful. Technology has improved our lives from a convenience standpoint, but has really disrupted, and ruined, decent and reasonable family checkpoints. My three kids are 6 and 7-years-old, and I don't want to know what the social media world will be like when they are teens, because it's terrible now.