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Monday, July 15, 2013

Teen Chat Decoder for Acronyms Defined

Ever wonder what your child is really saying online?


As parents, when our kids started to use the Internet more and more, we did what any good parent would do – we monitored their online activity.

Teen Acronym Only” database on the net. Teen Chat Decoder was designed to help parents understand what their kids were “really” saying online and to help keep them safe.


We reviewed their browser history, or some parental control software product like PC Tattletale. But it was really frustrating when we found that our kids used abbreviations and acronyms in when chatting online or via their cell phones.

Now some acronyms are pretty easy to figure out, like “LOL” (Laugh Out Loud), but many made no sense at all – unless you were 15!

Click here to use the Teen Chat Decoder.