Originally, I wanted to write about the marijuana bust in the Bronx, where they found 800 pot plants weighing out to about 1000 pounds of weed. That just wouldn't be fair because half of you would be drooling over the photos of what was confiscated! Instead, I found another story from a couple of days ago that might have you drooling, but will definitely have you laughing. I hope!
Some of you know that parenting in the digital age can be daunting. New questions arise like: Should I know my child's password? Should I track their activity on their computers and smartphones? Should I track their locations at all times? Well, one father from Arizona, Eugene Foster, asked himself, "Should I forward a nude photo of my daughter to everyone on her smartphone contact list if she took such a scandalous photo?" His answer should have been no! And he should have, at least, deleted the photo for her protection! Instead, when Foster found the naked photo of his girlfriend's daughter on her phone, and after an argument about the photo, he decided to "teach her a lesson" about what could happen and "sexted" it out on her behalf to nearly 40 contacts on the girl's phone.
Now, Foster (above) is learning a lesson of his own! It's illegal to send naked photos of minors! He's since been arrested for sexual exploitation of a minor. As of now, it's unclear whether he'll be charged with distributing child pornography. Meanwhile, the school district and detectives are hoping the photo doesn't go viral, asking those who received the photo, not to pass it on. They also asked parents to have a conversation with their kids to explain that sharing nude photos of minors, whether by text message, e-mail, or via the Internet, is illegal under state and federal child pornography laws, and that penalties and consequences of such action can be severe. Investigators don't believe that Foster was intentionally trying to exploit the child, but what he did was against the law. Foster remains in custody while the Pinal County Attorney's Office determines how to proceed.
Here's my take on the whole thing, why the hell were there naked pics of the little girl to begin with? Not to mention, the minor in question isn't even his daughter! It's his girlfriend's daughter! Shouldn't she be the one disciplining the child? Then again, we really don't know the relationship that he has with the young girl. Maybe they were close. In Foster's defense though, he was obviously trying to teach the girl a lesson by sending the pics to all of her phone contacts. If he really wanted to distribute the photo in a child pornography-sense, wouldn't he have texted the picture to a bunch of his buddies? I don't know, I could go either way here! I think everyone is at fault! She shouldn't be taking naked pics of herself at a young age, and he shouldn't be the one disciplining a child that is not his! That's like me spanking a girlfriend's child. Mind your own business! What do you guys think?
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