Does she deserve this?

[jayyy-lmao]

So my friend Rachel has an older sister called Emma, who's in the year above us. Emma is going out with a guy in our year, Graham, and they really do care about each other. But here's the thing: they might have to break up. Not that they want to, they did something wrong. Rachel explained it to me. See, Emma and Graham had been texting, and they sent each other inappropriate pictures, i.e. Graham with nothing on. At all. So Emma's mum found out, and she got in trouble. But does she really deserve to be forced to break up with him just because they were stupid? Like, they're together for more than a year now. They care, and they are both responsible. It's not like they shagged behind their parent's backs. It was only one picture. What do you guys think?

[Croconaw]

She doesn't deserve to have to break up with him because of one picture. Though, she should never do that again.

[SammieRose]

Like Jacinda said, she does not deserve it, but she will have to decide what she will do. Will she defy her mother and thus reinforce the notion that she is out of control, or will she talk to Graham and ask him for some time to sort this out with her mom. All she has to do is to apologize, and show her it will not happen again, then slowly introduce the idea of dating him again, promising it will not happen again.

For now her mom is terrified that a 14yrs old (guessing because you are 13) was exchanging nude pics with another 14yrs old and that can end up anywhere. I know you say is one picture but on her mom's mind is THE one picture she found.

Lets just say Graham does not see a friend going over his phone. this guy finds her pic(s), forwards it/them to himself, and from there who knows where they will end up. It is understandable that the mother will be freaked the fuck up.

I think she needs to act mature and intelligent to be able to go back to Graham in a couple of weeks or months.

[Hyper]

So what their 14?

Sending naked pictures of yourself to anyone is not really a sign of intelligence or responsibility.

Taking it from the parents perspective I can easily understand why they would force a break up.. Though I think it is stupid since you can't really ''force'' them to break up unless you put one in a cage and guard the cage 24 hours a day.

That aside life isn't ''fair'' or ''right or wrong'' from the parents perspective I can understand them. From the kiddies perspective I can understand them as well.

If your friends really are intelligent enough they should talk to each others parents together or just find a way to keep seeing each other in secret :P

[Desuetude]

To be fair it's not a question of 'is it fair?' no matter whether it's fair or not it's not your decision, it's the parents decision about how they want to discipline their child and as long as it's legal then let them deal with it.

Personally I think sending picture messages like that is stupid, you don't know where they might end up. If they break up it could be used against them and I've heard of stories where something like this has wrecked peoples lives. The parents are only trying to protect them, maybe not in the right way but they're only trying to do what's best for their children. My friends parents found out she had sex and they made the couple break up and even though they're both of legal age.

They're both really young, relationships at this age rarely, if ever last very long and I'm sure they'll find a way to be together if they really cared about each other but really, they live under their parents roof still and therefore should abide by their rules.

[Hunter_Steel]

She doesn't deserve this. Although it was a stupid thing to do, but she doesn't deserve to be broken up with someone who makes her happy. I would certainly if I was the parent, ground her ass for a month, but I won't break her up with her boyfriend.

Its not a rightful punishment and does infringe on a child's freedom and right to happiness. (Children's Rights Acts)

There's nothing you or I can do about it. She'll have to talk to her mom about this and sort it out. And ask her Boyfriend to give her some space so that she can do that.

~Hunter

[HockeyLovesMe]

ya if i did that to my friends like send a pix even to a girlfriend on a phone my parents wld kill me and then go to their parents and their parents wld prolly kill her.. not kill haha but id be grounded and never to date again till i was like 18 and never have a cell phone again.. ya shldnt do that mabey stick to camming or something or in person