PART II of a 2-part series on SEXTING
PART I discussed legal issues
PART II discusses moral and developmental issues
UPDATED: 2024
Let’s face it, when you are dating, even in middle school, you are on a voyage of discovery. Ideally, you are discovering:
• What is “out there”.
• What you like, and dislike, in the opposite sex.
• How to navigate social interactions with the opposite sex.
• How to handle, and discipline, yourself.
• How to judge character and social/family potential.
That is why we go on movie and dinner dates, ask our friends “What do you think?”, and even come up with “tests” to see what the other is really like.
Young people begin holding hands, hugging and kissing, and hopefully not much else. This is the ideal. While there are vulnerabilities that are exposed and sometimes injured, the relationship is about friendship and love.
But, when young people, or even adults, begin crossing sexual boundaries it clouds things up. The relationship transforms from one where friendship, affection, and respect are central to one where lust and selfish desire rule.
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