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Talk about in treatment? >> we cant be in the session along with him, so its frustrating as can be. you know, he gets frustrated with it because it doesnt seem like hes moving forward. >> it seems like a lot of pressure for a kid. >> i think its really hard. he looks for us, you know, for help, and were not able to really give it to him. its hard for you as a parent to know that theyre struggling like that. >> to be deemed rehabilitated, blake needs to pass a series of polygraphs or lie detector...

Together, it sounds like a stupid impulse. >> blake didnt have a lot of experience with girls. i think he may have had a crush on her with that awkwardness, i suppose, and didnt know how to go about showing that. >> adolescence is a confusing time. raging hormones give way to flirting, dating, and sex. but today with smartphones in the hands of 70% of high schoolers, teenage sexuality has gone digital, and a few high-profile cases have dominated the nightly news. >> colorado teens gone wild. sex...

So you are a big "star wars" fan, i see. >> yeah. >> do you have a favorite episode? >> "the empire strikes back." >> but you cant go to the movie theater. >> no. >> and what is the fear of you going to movie theaters? >> just that since its dark and nobody can see me, that i may, like, decide that im going to commit an offense against somebody. >> for blakes protection, were not going to tell you exactly where he lives. in fact, blake isnt his real name. >> i win! >> well call his younger broth...

We just could not believe it. >> blake was sentenced to ten years on a juvenile sex offender registry along with nearly 100 other young offenders. in minnesota, the list of lower-level offenders is only accessible to law enforcement. but the protection has its limits. for the next decade until hes 25, blake may be required to share his status on future job and housing applications and with his peers. does the future seem scary to you at all? >> a little bit, yeah. i have never had a girlfriend. ...

Like, if i could go back in time, i would stop myself. like, i did something that changed everything. >> today, blake is on minnesotas juvenile sex offender registry, a status that brings with it a lot of restrictions. no going to movie theaters or malls where children congregate. no leaving the city limits without a probation officers permission. and not a moment to himself. blakes probation requires his parents to monitor him 24 hours a day with the exception of when hes at school in the prese...

The stop gate for moving forward. >> so he could quite possibly be in sex offender treatment for years? >> absolutely, yes. >> if youre calling regarding juvenile or conciliation court matters, please press 4. >> i reached out to the judge who decided blakes fate, but he declined to speak to us, citing sensitivities around juvenile cases, and the identity of the girl blake texted is sealed to protect her privacy. so we cant know how she and her family feel about the outcome. as the mother of two...

I just kept thinking of the little boy that he was in kindergarten. >> how did it feel to see your son like that? >> it was terrifying. im supposed to be there to protect him, keep him safe, and, you know, theres nothing you can do if someone is taking your 14-year-old child away from you. >> because blake was a minor, sending sexual photos of himself was a crime. distribution of child pornography, creating and sharing sexual images of children has long been illegal. but laws in place to protect...

Just normal like pornography and things like that. >> blakes curiosity wasnt unusual. by the time they turn 15, more than half of teens, the vast majority of them boys, have looked up pornography online. but two years ago when blake was 14, his exploration went a step further. using his cell phone, he took four pictures of his genitals and texted them to a girl he knew. what provoked you to want to send pictures of yourself to her? >> i guess i wanted her to send pictures after i did. i kind of ...

America are sexting, taking and texting illicit photos of themselves and each other. some experts consider it a harmless trend, but high-profile cases of sexting-related bullying and coercion have led many states to treat it as a crime. >> i wish the kids wouldnt sext. i dont think its all that healthy of a way to get to know people. but we had no idea our son was even of the consequences. >> for hours, blakes texts went unanswered until later that night when a sheriff knocked on his familys doo...

>> do you know why he may have sent them? >> from what we can piece together, it sounds like a stupid impulse. >> blake didnt have a lot of experience with girls. i think he may have had a crush on her with that awkwardness, i suppose, and didnt know how to go about showing that. >> adolescence is a confusing time. raging hormones give way to flirting, dating, and sex. but today with smartphones in the hands of 70% of high schoolers, teenage sexuality has gone digital, and a few high-profile cas...