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While most high school students think of the emotional, social, and physical consequences of sex, few consider the legal gray area they might be entering.What makes high school relationships less than straight forward is a concept known as “Age of Consent.” The age of consent is the age in which one can legally be consent to have sexual relations.There is no hiding for Alpert, whose neighbors, he says, all know. If you type my name into the search engine online, you will find me." As sexting incidents pop up around the country, prosecutors are trying to come to terms with how these cases should be handled.George Skumanick Jr., a district attorney from Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, took a novel approach when 20 students from Tunkhannock High School were caught allegedly sexting.

"An adult would go to prison for this," says Skumanick, adding, "If you take the photo, you've committed a crime.

The age of consent in New York City is seventeen years old.

The law exist because the Government doesn’t want any child above or even below the accepted age to be exploited by an adult.

"He told me that he had a full nude photo of my daughter," says Mary Jo Miller, who calls the picture innocent.

Rather than force her daughter to take the classes, which would have required she write a report explaining why what she did was wrong, Miller and two other families -- with the help of the ACLU -- are suing the district attorney to stop him from filing charges.