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Article Archive: Teen Technology Use
2008-09

R U Clueless: How To Decipher The Slang Your Kids Use Online, On Cell Phones (Cleveland Channel 19 News, Nov. 20, 2008)
There's a new language out there - one that your child knows how to use - and you probably don't know how to translate. But we're giving you the tools to decipher that slang your kids are using on-line and on their cell phones.
<Link to Slang Terms and Defs.>

New Study Credits Technology With Keeping Families Linked, Yet Threat Remains (Anti-Drug Update, Oct. 24 2008)
A new report issued this week by the Pew Internet and American Life Project says that technology - namely the Internet and cell phones - is creating a "new connectedness" for American families. The study, which explored the use of technology in traditionally nuclear families, is a great reminder that parents in your community may need to upgrade their parenting skills and become familiar with the technologies their teens are using. <Read More>

Popular youth web sites expose teens, tweens to images of violent behavior, substance abuse. (Anti-Drug Update, Oct. 7, 2008)
A new Nielsen Online study, conducted on behalf of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) during the month of June and released today, measured the online viewing habits of teens, and tracked their exposure to drug-related content. The findings reveal that in any given month, nearly one million teens are exposed to one or more drug-related videos. The analysis found that more than a third of those viewing drug-related content are under the age of 16. Other findings include: <Read More>

Cincinnati doctors try text-messaging program to get teens to take their medicines (Cleveland PD, June 24, 2008)
Dr. Maria Britto, an asthma specialist at Cincinnati Children's, noticed that even when she's talking to adolescent patients perched on the exam table, they keep texting on their cell phones. "You have to get in their face a little," she says with a laugh. But it sparked the idea for a study to see if a daily medication reminder via text message would improve kids' asthma control - preventing full-blown attacks, improving school attendance and decreasing doctor and emergency-room visits. Britto noted that kids as young as 12 carry the phones into her clinic, poor and middle class alike. <Read More>

Bedrooms Have Become Multi-Media Centers/Kids Say Parents Don’t Set or Enforce Rules on Media Use: Link to report from Kaiser Family Foundation

Kids and Teens on the Internet: What Parents Should Know (Family Education) Since recent studies suggest that children using the Internet learn at accelerated rates, the question is not how to keep kids offline but rather how to let kids use online technology safely. <Read More>

Study rejects Internet sex predator stereotype (Dateline, Feb. 18, 2008)The typical online sexual predator is not someone posing as a teen to lure unsuspecting victims into face-to-face meetings that result in violent rapes, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Rather, they tend to be adults who make their intentions of a sexual encounter quite plain to vulnerable young teens who often believe they are in love with the predator, they said.

Purchasing Drugs Online