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PRW GTG

Huh? If you are the parent of a tween or teen, you may want to know what that says.  In chat speak or texting, PRW GTG means "parents are watching, got to go".  This example is pretty tame compared to some of the other acronyms and abbreviations that are used when chatting online.

The age old question of "do you know where your children are" when they leave the house on a Friday night to hang out with friends is now the same question you should be asking yourself when they are in their rooms using their computers.  Do you know who they are talking to online?  What sites they are surfing?  What MySpace is?  Who they might be planning to meet and for what purpose?  Stay informed of the rapid change of "technological parenting" by reading Generation MySpace or Me, MySpace, and I : parenting the net generation.  What you learn might help save your child's life from an online predator or cyberbully. 

Learn all you can about the new world of the today's adolescent, check out one of these books (there are copies at nearly every branch and even on the bookmobile--it is that important!), and consider keeping your computers in family or living rooms so your children aren't KPC (keeping parents clueless)!

Book

Generation MySpace

9781600940118

• 3/20/2009, by JenniferC | Add a Comment - 1 Comment
• Topics: Internet