{"id":40805,"date":"2017-06-12T00:38:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T00:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=40805"},"modified":"2017-06-12T00:38:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T00:38:15","slug":"dangerous-texting-slang-parents-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=40805","title":{"rendered":"The Dangerous Texting Slang All Parents Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>Communicating via text can be incredibly convenient, but it can also be used as a tool by kids to hide things from their<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>parents<span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>. For kids, certain phrases and emojis carry&nbsp;hidden meanings that parents may not know. Even if you think you\u2019re clued in to your child\u2019s conversation, these acronyms and slang terms may make you think twice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"950\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40806\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3453.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3453.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3453-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3453-300x445.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_0_4_1497227701749_2320\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>In light of the fact that June is&nbsp;Internet Safety Month, it\u2019s important that parents know what children are talking about among themselves \u2014 something that Titania Jordan of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Bark, a service that flags&nbsp;cyberbullying, sexting, and signs of depression in teens\u2019s texts, is entirely tuned into. As chief parent officer at the monitoring service, Jordan has found herself learning more about the conversations of young people than most would ever expect.<\/p>\n<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"remaining-body&#10;                        &#10;                        &#10;                            &#10;                            &#10;                        &#10;                        \" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>\n<p>From her perch&nbsp;at Bark, which&nbsp;allows parents to plug in children\u2019s accounts and have them monitored for certain slang, she has seen everything from inappropriate conversations to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>suicidal thoughts<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>expressed between children. And while the meanings uncovered from secret chats may be startling, the process to prevent these hidden conversations is easier than expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would really emphasize the first step of having a conversation,\u201d she tells&nbsp;Yahoo Beauty. \u201cHaving an open and honest dialogue about what\u2019s going on in your child\u2019s tech world is the most important thing that you can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communicating via text can be incredibly convenient, but it can also be used as a tool by kids to hide things from their&nbsp;parents. For kids, certain phrases and emojis carry&nbsp;hidden meanings that parents may not know. Even if you think you\u2019re clued in to your child\u2019s conversation, these acronyms and slang terms may make you &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[864],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Dangerous Texting Slang All Parents Should Know - TheFastFashion.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=40805\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Dangerous Texting Slang All Parents Should Know - TheFastFashion.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Communicating via text can be incredibly convenient, but it can also be used as a tool by kids to hide things from their&nbsp;parents. 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