Continuing coverage: More than one in five middle-school aged children with behavioral or emotional problems has recently engaged in sexting. UTMB’s Jeff Temple, who was not involved in the new study but is a leading researcher in the field, said that this reinforces calls for parents and guardians to have ongoing conversations with adolescents about sexual behaviors, including sexting. "It should go hand in hand with a talk about healthy relationships and sexual behavior," Temple said. "It's just part of the new portfolio of adolescence these days." In a previous study, Temple and his colleagues found that almost 60 percent of teens had been asked to send naked photos of themselves through text or email. “That's going to happen," he said. "Your kid is going to be asked to send a naked picture.” The news appears widely throughout the nation, appearing on Fox News and New York Daily News, among other popular outlets.