Its scary to think of how many teens out there are now sexting and not just dirtly little messages but nude photos. A 2009 Harris poll found that one in five have texted nude pictures of themselves. One in five how scary is that? Some of those texting messages have become nightmares of teens.

This past two years two beautiful girls have commited suicide because of texting or "sexting" as its called. Both girls inocently sent nude photographs to boys who then in turn forwarded it on to the masses.

In May of 2008 Jessica Logan hung herself after sexting

She had sent nude pictures of herself to a boyfriend. When they broke up, he sent them to other high school girls. The girls were harassing her, calling her a slut and a whore. She was miserable and depressed, afraid even to go to school.

In the end it was to much and she hung herself in her bedroom. You can read more about that HERE.

In Sept 2009 Hope Witsell, age 13 hung herself after sexting

At the end of the school year at Beth Shields Middle School, the taunting became so bad that Hope Witsell's friends surrounded her between classes. They escorted her down hallways like human shields, fending off insults such as "whore" and "slut." A few days before, Hope had forwarded a nude photo of herself to a boy she liked — a practice widely known as "sexting." The image found its way to other students, who forwarded it to their friends. Soon the nude photo was circulating through cell phones at Shields Middle and Lennard High School, according to multiple students at both schools. "Tons of people talk about me behind my back and I hate it because they call me a whore!" Hope wrote in her journal. "And I can't be a whore i'm too inexperienced. So secretly TONS of people hate me … " You can read more about it HERE.

Last spring I started the one group here on GeekDrop MOM's Group (open to any parents or anyone concerned about children). In that group I did a post called

Is sexting the same as child pornography?

After all children who send or store nude photos of anyone under the age of 18 is considered child porn. There have been cases where some girls have sexting images of THEMSELVES to boys and have been arrested for distributing child porn even though it was a picture of themselves.

Time to talk to the kids again on the dangers of sexting.