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Texting: 911 for Teens(0)
Texting is the king of communication for teens, but it’s now looking like it may serve a more important role than its traditional use of chattering back and forth with friends and family. Crisis hotlines are finding that today’s youth are opting out of using the phone to reach out for help, and are turning [...]
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Generation Text
It’s almost impossible these days to find a teen who isn’t tethered to his or her mobile device. Peas and carrots. Milk and cookies. Now, it’s teens and texting! To add more proof of this trend, this week Online Schools published an informative new infographic highlighting the incredible frequency with which today’s teens text. According [...]
Cyberbullying: California Takes Aim at Cyberbullies with New Law
Remember the days of prank calling? …like that time you and your friends pretended to be somebody you didn’t like in school so you could order 10 pizza pies delivered to their home? Or what about that time your dad impersonated a police officer when he called the girl who was bullying you to scare [...]
Giving Kids a Smartphone Requires Smart Parenting
As this ‘Mobile Year in Review’ video from Mobile Future explains, mobile use is growing and is becoming the device of choice for youth to connect to the Web and to each other. What’s a Smartphone? What Parents Need to Know Parents – if you’ve been thinking about getting your teen a smartphone this holiday [...]
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