Cell phone users, often teens and "tweens", create provocative and nude, sexual images or videos of themselves using their cell phone's built-in digital camera. Sexting (or "sex texting) is the sharing and receiving of sexually explicit messages and nude or partially nude images via cellphone.

As a parent during the digital age, it can be difficult to enforce boundaries and stay on top of everything your kids are doing, but if you're footing the bill, it is well within your right to ask your children what they are doing and play your part to help protect them.