I'm Eighteen and I LIKE IT!

I'm Eighteen and I LIKE IT!3/6/2009 2:46:00 PM

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Original story published on 3/6/2009

‘SEXting’ leads teen to suicide Jesse Logan took her own life after a nude picture of her was passed around by e-mail. TODAY’s Matt Lauer talks to her mom, Cynthia Logan, and Internet safety expert Parry Aftab about the dangers of “sexting.”

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She had sent nude pictures of herself to a boyfriend. When they broke up, he sent them to other high school girls. The girls were harassing her, calling her a slut and a whore. She was miserable and depressed, afraid even to go to school. Jessica Logan hanged herself in her bedroom. She was 18.

Do you remember the song by Alice Cooper called: I'm Eighteen and I LIKE IT!

I'm eighteen
and I don't know what I want
Eighteen
I just don't know what I want
Eighteen
I gotta get away
I gotta get out of this place
I'll go runnin in outer space
Oh yeah

What is going on in a teenagers mind that can't cope with life? Eighteen is not a time when teens should feel like they have to make rash decisions if they don't "Like It", or that they have to make a choice to end their precious lives.

Their innocence is lost, and their dignity stripped away, by the cruel action of their PEERS... or so-called friends cruel intentions.

But, the intentions of others are just that... intentions. Without acting on these peer pressure moments, these incidents would be eliminated...

Please teach the"Golden Rule" and talk with your children about this, besides children learn by example, don't they?

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"

Parents Entrusting Everyone's Rights to Success - to their children's friends and classmates! Do your part and be a great example!

I remember when I was 18, that was almost 30 years ago. At eighteen its as though there wasn't anything that could hurt me or just the thought that I was Invincible and thought I would live forever... Forever seems like a long time when you're 18 and how quickly time flies by when you are having fun or living your life...

Speaking about consequences, no one is talking in Jessica's behalf about the fact that the young people who caused this torment and harassment are and should be held accountable for and prosecuted for their actions.

As parents we need to be informed, stay informed, and take ACTION... by talking to your children. Actually asking questions and then LISTENING to the answers, without judgment... pretty tough to do when as a parent you want to be right and tell your kids what to do and how to do it :)

Take 25 minutes a day and start the listening process while they're little and if your kids are older the same RULES apply. YOU just have to listen BETTER!

As always Be Safe Online,

Bill Wardell
Your Online Security Authority

Lyrics for: I'm Eighteen

Lines form on my face and hands
Lines form from the ups and downs
I'm in the middle without any plans
I'm a boy and I'm a man

I'm eighteen
and I don't know what I want
Eighteen
I just don't know what I want
Eighteen
I gotta get away
I gotta get out of this place
I'll go runnin in outer space
Oh yeah

I got a
baby's brain and an old man's heart
Took eighteen years to get this far
Don't always know what I'm talkin' about
Feels like I'm livin' in the middle of doubt
Cause I'm

Eighteen
I get confused every day
Eighteen
I just don't know what to say
Eighteen
I gotta get away

Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle
the middle of life
I'm a boy and I'm a man
I'm eighteen and I LIKE IT
Yes I like it
Oh I like it
Love it
Like it
Love it
Eighteen!
Eighteen!
Eighteen!
Eighteen and I LIKE IT

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