Why are parents worrying about their kids being classified as a sex offender for texting pictures? You purchased the mobile device, in most cases pay for the plan as well. A phone is a phone, only provide them with phone service. Let them learn how to properly communicate. Texting, email and various mobile platforms are the root of the problem enabling the inappropriate behaviors. Secondly, more than half of those 15- to 18-year-olds cannot properly and effectively communicate because they are not developing communication skills, which are important in the working world.