Sextortion: Teens Blackmailing Teens
What is next? As schools are opening and teachers, parents and administrators get ready for another school year, there is another form of bullying/cyberbullying developing. Sextortion. Teens blackmailing other teens for what they do online with less than flattering photos. Broward County is not foreign to text rage, as we saw in the Josie Ratley beating. Or is it stranger to bullying , as we witnessed when 15 year-old Michael Brewer was nearly burned to death. Now we are dealing with teens blackmailing each other to protect themselves from humiliation. What can you do? Talk to your kids about this now. This is even more reason for them not to be passing photos of any kind virtually. Knowing pictures can be manipulated and photo cropped into some very unflattering pictures, is a fact your teens need to not only recognize, but understand the consequences. Communication is key to prevention - talk, talk, talk and don't stop. ...