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Provocative Online Portrayals Can Get Teen Girls in Trouble


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She advised parents to look at their kids' Facebook site periodically to see who they're talking to and how they're presenting themselves, and talk to their kids about it. Pediatricians can also get involved.

Internet users, but especially adolescent females, need to know how to discourage sexual advances: "How can you ward that off and still maintain your sense of self and still develop normally sexually, but without placing yourself at risk for more exploitation," Noll explained.

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For more on teens and the Internet, visit the Nemours Foundation.

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SOURCES: Jennie Noll, Ph.D., associate professor, pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Children's Hospital Medical Center; Alan Hilfer, Ph.D., director, psychology, Maimonides Medical Center, New York City; June 2009 Pediatrics


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