Increasingly, judges and lawmakers recognize that criminalizing every case, especially those involving common teenage behavior, might not be the best response.
Some states have passed sexting-specific statutes to lessen the penalties against minors engaged in sexting. For example, Texas has passed a law that will impose a misdemeanor on a minor’s first sexting offense. Under the statute, a minor may be sentenced to community supervision if he or she completes a state-sponsored sexting education course.
The State has to figure out a better way to deal with the issue. The adult statutes applied to horny teenager kids (do you remember when you were 16?) is not working. And; Parents, do a better job.
via Teens Who Sext Are Child Pornographers? – Hit & Run : Reason.com.