«Help, my son is taking photos of his penis!»

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When I went to the bathroom the other day, I caught my son, 16, taking photos of his penis with his smartphone. I don't know what I'm more afraid of: that he's now harassing girls with these pictures or that he hasn't realised that such pictures can also be used against him. How should I deal with the situation?

This is what our team of experts says:

Our team of experts:
Nicole Althaus, 51, is editor-in-chief of magazines and member of the editorial board of "NZZ am Sonntag", columnist and author. She initiated and managed the mum blog on tagesanzeiger.ch and was editor-in-chief of "wir eltern". Nicole Althaus is the mother of two children aged 20 and 16.
Stefanie Rietzler is a psychologist, author
("Geborgen, mutig, frei", "Clever lernen") and runs the Academy for Learning Coaching in Zurich. www.mit-kindern-lernen.ch
Peter Schneider, 62, is a columnist, satirist, psychoanalyst, private lecturer in clinical psychology at the University of Zurich and visiting professor for the history and scientific theory of psychoanalysis in Berlin.

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