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Caught your child sexting? Relax... It's just modern-day courtship (see pics)

Have you caught your kid 'sexting' on his/her cell phone lately? There is no reason to panic, say researchers, as 'sexting' online and via mobile phone is so widespread that parents should accept it as



“Despite the advent of this technology, sexual activity has remained fairly stable over the past two decades,” professor Anne Mitchell from La Trobe University was quoted as saying.

It is a social, online world kids live in and sending these images and messages is part of their sexual relationships so it is really a new form of courtship, Mitchell added.