OPINION: A message to parents - be careful when your eight-year-olds take selfies.
This is serious because get this wrong and there could be a lifetime of consequences.
There are all sorts of creeps out there, who need to be wiped from the surface of the Earth, but it's too hard to catch them all.
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In Hawke's Bay police say nude selfies have become a thing and that's madness because they live forever on the internet.
Police say an eight-year-old boy shared a nude pic, and he's not the only one.
Be careful. Keep an eye on your kids and get advice.
Martin Cocker from Netsafe is good - jump on his website.
Keep an eye on what they're up to, lend them a phone, don't give them their own one. Get involved in their lives, don't leave them to their own devices on their own device for hours on end - it's not a babysitting service.
The most vulnerable students are years 7 to 10, but even a year 5 student has received nude images on her phone from an overseas male.
Consider safe zones or device-free zones. I know as parents we have to pick our battles, and sometimes I pick so few I wonder if I'm too soft, but this is one I worry about.
Look over their shoulder and tell them the truth and what could happen.
Duncan Garner is host of The AM Show.
