I spent the past 2ВЅ years researching my new book American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of TeenВagers, visiting 10 states and talking to more than 200 girls. Girls are more often targeted in cyberbullying attacks that focus on their sexuality. And itвЂ™s girls-our daughters, granddaughters and nieces-who are most at risk in this online environment, which blends age-old sexism with a new notion of sexual liberation through being provocative.Girls who post provocative pictures often suffer slut shaming on- and offline. So it should come as no surprise that in this atmosphere, with the new technology available, sexting and sharing nudes have replaced other forms of intimacy. And one of the easiest ways to get that validation is by looking hot. Likes, hearts, swipes-Вvalidation is only a tap away. Accompanying the boom in selfie culture is a rise in competitive spirit, as well as a disturbing trend of sexualization.

Kids today are often accused of being narcissistic, but they may be learning their exhibitionist ways from their parents. Lovell reportedly texted with one of her alleged killers, 18-year-old David Eisenhauer, a Virginia Tech student, on Kik Messenger, an app known among kids as a place for the exchange of sexts and nude selfies.Д«ut while weвЂ™re consumed by the tangible dangers of messenging services like Kik, Yik Yak, After School and other anonymous apps, we may be missing a different influence: our own behavior. And as we have seen in the recent abduction and murder of 13-year-old Nicole Lovell of Blacksburg, Va., concerns about online predators are more than just a moral panic: they stem from something real. The usual debate centers on whether posting pictures of oneвЂ™s childrenвЂ™s Вonline-or allowing oneвЂ™s children to do so-is safe from a privacy or security standpoint. вЂњSharentingвЂќ has given parenting a whole new dimension: viewer-rated performance. Parents post nearly 1,000 images of their children online before their fifth birthday. Ninety-two percent of American children have an online presence before the age of 2. And we are cultivating our childrenвЂ™s online selves from birth-or even before, in utero. Today, with smartphones and social media, we all have in our hands the means to broadcast our pride and joy to the world.

With the advent of photography, parents of all backgrounds could have pictures of their children, which were coveted as documents of their development and a way to show off their innocent beauty and charm to family and friends. Once upon a time, only the wealthy and privileged could afford to have their portraits painted by a small, select circle of artists.

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