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Help and Advice Advice about sexting for 14-18 year olds

Developmental factors

As they transition from childhood to adulthood, developmental factors can bring a tendency to seek new sensations, take risks and explore their emerging sexuality, while their vulnerability to peer pressure and possible lack of understanding of sex and relationship can place them at greater risk of engaging in sexting.

As they transition from childhood to adulthood, developmental factors can bring a tendency to seek new sensations, take risks and explore their emerging sexuality, while their vulnerability to peer pressure and possible lack of understanding of sex and relationship can place them at greater risk of engaging in sexting.