Picked 14 yr old son up from school today and he got in the car and burst into tears. He informed me that a girl had friended him on Snapchat and they have been talking for a couple of weeks and she had asked for nude pictures which he sent (we are addressing this as hugely disappointed) turns out this girl was another boy in his school who had created a fake profile and has now been sharing these nude pictures around school. Thankfully someone who was sent the picture told my son who reported to a teacher who has now taken it to the safeguarding lead who will do an investigation. The school have rung and informed us of his disclosure and they will be investigating. Feel really upset about the whole thing, firstly for my son being so stupid to send nude pictures, but also furious that this other boy would go to such depths to obtain these pictures, simply to cause distress for my son by circulating them. My son and this other boy have fallen out recently and don’t speak.
I know there will be consequences for my son for making and sending these pictures to ‘this girl’ which we will rightly support as well as punishments we will put in at home, he will not be using his phone out of sight of a parent for some time. But surely the police should be called on the boy who effectively catfished my son, persistently asking for photos, to then use them to cause such distress, it just seems so cruel and intentional.
Anyone have any idea on how the school should be handling this, will they contact police, what punishments should we expect for my son and the other boy? Should we contact police or for now let the school Safeguarding Lead do what they need to do?