Sexting Rosin Analysis

The Rosin addresses many issues in the article the biggest one begin that young middle schoolers are sexting which to me was the most surprising and least surprising fact. Considering now that every kid has a smartphone it’s not surprising to see that they would be exposed to such things but it does shock me that parents aren’t more aware that their little sixth grader is sending nudes. I believe that parents should already be on top of their kids and make sure they aren’t involved in things they shouldn’t be. I did, in fact, come from a strict household so I understand not all kids grow up that way but it still surprises me that parents don’t know what their kids are up to especially in middle school. Another issue she discussed was that kids don’t see the problems they’re getting themselves into when sexting.
Since kids see it as a norm this is one of the leading causes of sexting Rosin mentions. If everyone's doing it this could lead kids to think why shouldn’t they. If no one is stopping the kids and they see their classmates engage in it or friends mention it will give make the kid want to do it. This normalization leads to another cause of sexting as well. Kids who don’t engage in sexting will feel pressured to sext. Rosin addresses these kids as “pressured sexters” and these pressured setters are usually girls. Since boys are the ones a majority of the time asking for pictures girls feel compelled to send them because they continually ask for them. If we don’t let kids know that sexting isn’t normal and they don’t have to send a photo if they don’t want to then they will continue to do it and will never see sexting has a problem. This is where the parents come in. They need to be engaged in their kid's social media and know whats going on with them. Rosin says that they have to take “a deep breath” and ask questions and I completely agree with