Teens say parents oblivious of sexting trend

THE RECESSION TONIGHT WE LOOK INTO A DISTURBING TREND AMONG TEENS IN NEW MEXICO -- SEXTING A NEW REPORT OUT SAYS 20 PERCENT OF TEENAGERS ADMIT TO USING THEIR CELL PHONES TO SEND -- OR RECEIVE -- SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOS ERIC KAHNERT TALKED TO SOME LOCAL TEENS TO GET THEIR TAKE ON SEXTING HE S HERE WITH TONIGHT S TOP STORY ERIC TONIGHT WE STOPPED BY A POPULAR HANG-OUT FOR TEENS TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SEXTING THEY TELL US IT S A BIG PROBLEM -- THAT PARENTS OFTEN DON T KNOW ABOUT IT ONLY TOOK US A FEW MINUTES AT ALBUQUERQUE S NEW SKATE PARK TO BE REMINDED HOW DARING TEENS CAN BE BUT WIPING OUT ISN T NEARLY AS EMBARRASSING AS A CIRCULATING SEXT MESSAGE 4 28 it s like a common thing now -2 17 01 i think it s stupid because you send it and you don t know who it s going to end up with -4 THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN AND COX COMMUNICATIONS JUST RELEASED A SURVEY TODAY -- SAYING ONE IN 5 TEENS HAVE EITHER SENT OR RECEIVED A SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTO FROM THEIR CELL PHONE 10 48 that s not really surprising at all to be honest with you -2 ANDREW GALLOWAY JUST GRADUATED FROM ELDORADO HIGH SCHOOL HE SHARED A RECENT SEXTING EXAMPLE WITH US 9 14 i ve heard some stuff happen before where the girl sends a picture to her boyfriend they break up the boy sends it to the whole school then pretty soon it s at la cueva then you got sandia -11 18 18 i do think it s a problem because too many girls do it either for attention or for some other odd reason -6 PARENT LISA PULLING WAS SURPRISED SO MANY TEENS ARE EXPLOITING THEMSELVES 22 02 whatever is out on the system stays in the system too -3 OF TEENS WHO SEXT THE SURVEY SAYS 80 PERCENT ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OLD AND 11 PERCENT HAVE SENT SEXUAL IMAGES TO STRANGERS 18 06 i just don t want random people that don t even know me seeing that I wouldn t want to do that -5 THOSE CAUGHT SENDING OR REQUESTING SEXUAL IMAGES CAN BE CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING PORNOGRAPHY 10 14 it s dangerous especially with all the tools pedophiles have now -4 THE SURVEY ALSO SAYS NEARLY HALF OF THE TEENS QUESTIONED -- ADMIT THEIR PARENTS DON T SET ANY LIMITS -- OR CONTROLS -- WHEN USING THEIR CELL PHONES BACK TO YOU