I am an adult working with a 16-yr-old who is sexually active and engaging in consensual casual sexual encounters with partners her age. Her mother has asked that I help try to get her to talk to her about sex should be an act of love and believes her current behaviors are a result of low self-esteem. I have a sex-positive attitude/belief system, so I am not sure how to navigate this. Do you have any advice given that the teen is a minor and this 'traditional' mom is signing the paychecks?
On a more important note, I am concerned about the fact that this teen has also started sending nude photos and videos to adult men in their 30s & 40s. How can I talk to the teen about this behavior while remaining sex-positive? Am I right to be worried? Where should the line be drawn in regards to this. At this point, they are in possession of child pornography and I am concerned about older men taking advantage of a minor, so I see it as problematic, yet, she is doing this of her own volition and I don't want to shame her. We have already talked about never meeting up in person, not giving out any identifying information, and potential coercion/blackmail.
-This isn't just my bias, right? If I am right to be concerned, how can I label those actions as an area for concern, while others are not? How can I best support this teen?