> ... but the opposite end of that is prosecuting teenagers for distributing photos of themselves to other teenagers (their same-age peers)... which has unfortunately occurred due to improper application of the law.

Do you have a concrete example of this happening? Every time I have heard of a minor being persecuted for possession or distribution is when one person sent an image of themselves to another person and then that other person further distributed it to other people without their consent, which to be clear is wrong.