The Secret Language Of Teens & Tweens : Part 1

Why Is It Important To Keep Up On What They’re Saying?

With so many outlets for messaging and social media, young adults are able to hide more of their personal lives from the adults who care about them than ever before. As a parent or educator, you must keep up on social media trends and what the students in your lives are doing online or on their devices. By monitoring, you could prevent your child from falling into a situation they may end up regretting later in life.

What Do These Words Mean?

This list evolves and grows longer every day as parents and educators catch on and the language gets changed, but here’s a good starter list of what your kids are “saying” on text and social media - some are innocent and some are downright sneaky:

Stay tuned next week for the rest of our list!

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