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- NewsRachel Grumman Bender
112 ‘Codes’ Teens Use on Social Media (How Many Do You Know?)
If you're a parent, chances are you’re familiar with some of the common texting acronyms favored by tweens and teens, such as “LOL.” But the results of a quiz showed that most parents are completely in the dark when it comes to these social media acronyms. Here are 112 codes you may want to know.
- NewsJennifer O'Neill
Single Mom’s Invention to Stop Teens From Texting While Driving
Madi Mullins, 15, used to be “awful” with her phone, according to her mother, Lisa Mullins. “It was a consistent issue. She’d be up in her room on FaceTime until 2 a.m. She’d be talking to her friends and downloading all these apps. She just would not put the phone down.”
- NewsSara Murphy
When You Send Text Messages Using This, People Don’t Trust You
Texting is now the predominant way Americans under the age of 50 communicate. In a small study, researchers from Binghamton University had 126 undergraduates read a series of text messages and handwritten notes and then rate the sincerity of the receivers response on a scale of 1 to 7, they found that text messages ending with a period were consistently perceived to be less sincere than ones that do not. Each exchange included an invitation phrased as a question, such as “Want to go to the mov
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Cops: Amid Screams of ‘Red Light!’ Texting Teen Kills 2
As far as alleged texting-while-driving stories go, this one is particularly rough: A 54-year-old Minnesota man and his 10-year-old daughter were killed when a pickup T-boned their van on a July evening between the towns of Becker and Big Lake. The driver of the pickup was not 17-year-old Carlee Bollig’s boyfriend, as initially believed, reports the Star-Tribune. It was Carlee herself, who was charged last week with six counts, including criminal vehicular homicide. The picture prosecutors are
- NewsMelissa Walker
Why Texting Hurts Girls More Than Boys
The study, of roughly 400 eighth and eleventh graders and published in the journal Psychology of Popular Media Culture, found that girls were far more likely to text compulsively than boys. “Look at the deeper issues generating this behavior,” says Weber.
