What Do You Want Your Parents to Know About Your Online Activity?
An article published in the Washington Post in January called What Teens Wish Their Parents Knew About Social Media got us thinking: what do teens really want their parents to know about what they’re doing online? Everything? Nothing? Somewhere in between? The article’s author interviewed teens about these very questions. But what we’re more interested […]
Teenage Guys: #youtoo?
STOP NOW. JUST STOP. Hey, you. Teenage boy. Yeah, you. Are you the reason teenage girls are saying things like this? “Every single guy I meet online and start texting always asks ‘do you send nudes.’ I say no of course. But they won’t stop bugging me. It’s like I can’t have a real guy […]
Deciphering the Code: 21st Century Teen Slang
What are They Even Saying? We’ll start this post by reminding all the parents out there of the first rule of teen slang: It’s for teens. Try it out at your own peril. At worst, your teens will roll their eyes and groan, and at best, you might score one or two hipster points. Which […]