I believe media currently does mature teenagers faster than you can begin to even fathom. A site such as this conveys that. This site is suggestive, blame it on the hormones. This site has safety features that are reasonably accessible, doesn't mean that you can't be traumatized by a pervy tween or a pedo. Still, this site burns up meaningless time and is ingenious. I spend time on it myself as a 16 year old female and enjoy every moment of it. But, I do want to express this, if you don't recognize the behavior expressed on your teen's profile then obviously you don't know your own kid. Identity is being found during these years and without a positive and accepting support system, you will be horrified by what your spawn does, says, or thinks. So yes, instead of scaring your kids about sex, be open about it and don't make them ashamed to the point that they'll start sneaking around. True, this generation of kids are hard to handle, but the parents are just as much to blame. As I observed, each generation is getting more worse, and this site reflects that. On the other hand, not to be any more than modest, but there are others on the site like myself that enjoy decent conversations and innocent flirting. This site is worth keeping, as long as parents are a bit more involved if the teen is under 15.
And to address a common concern, "I trust my child, just no one else," Remember, there are safety features and as long as they don't give out personal identification details, he/she is safe. All you have to worry about are those extreme pedos that try tracing IP addresses and try finding out where you live from there.