teenagers talking about sex online?

[tatt]

if you discovered your teenager was talking about sex online (including saying they are a virgin) to someone they don't know what would you do?

Yes I have been snooping - they are strictly forbidden to post photos of themselves on the net but they registered for YouTube and posted a video containing their photo. Found that by chance and it had a poem and picture in it so I was concerned and checked up. They had to take the video down, were banned from the net (except from homework under supervision) for a week and given a reminder about not knowing who you are talking to. But we also offered to take them to a meeting with this "friend" to find out if they really were a teenager.

Having allowed them back on the net I see things have got worse!

how old is the teen in question?

14

my inclinatuion is to report it to one of the online bodies that checks for paedophiles

what do you mean exactly when you say things have 'got worse'?

(I'd be worried too)

conversations were innocent enough previously - now they are about sex.

nno-one got any advice, then - or did the same thing when they were teenagers?

I think it's perfectly normal tbh, but if you have rules about internet usage and especially safety ones, I still think it's worth approaching your daughter(?) and telling why you are concerned and disappointed. I would also withdraw internet privileges as this is a question of trust. The teenager will talk about sex though, it's all they think about!

don't mind them talking about sex to people they know. I worry about doing so with someone who claims to be a 14 year old but could be a paedophile grooming them.