From your own high school days you are well aware of the charm of being a Queen Bee. The glamour and charisma are powerful enough to steer teens to any direction that it takes including flirting and flaunting with boys to keep the popularity quotient intact. Now the question is how far can your kids go to be popular and desirable Queen Bee or King of the jungle? One recent survey has disclosed a new growing trend in teens that is: sexting. So what exactly is sexting? Teens take it as an act of exchanging sexually explicit messages in the form of text form or images through cell phones. For a concerned parent like you, sexting is a careless act in which kids may expose their photos, video and phone number to malicious individual or traffic. Yes, this is scary enough to get your kids prosecuted as an offense since sending and receiving images of a minor is measured as child pornography. To stop your kids from sending and receiving such offensive messages, you need to spot the signs of sexting?
How to identify signs of sexting?
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You need to be extra alert of their secretive behavior and especially when you doubt that they want to hide their mobile phone from you. Do your kids tend to hide their mobile phone content from you when you want to see it? If your teen child is denying talking about sexting with you, chances are that they are either practicing sexting or may want to start soon. After all, most of the teens consider sexting as fun and cool trend of flirting and interacting with their boyfriends or girlfriends.
Can you decipher codes and acronyms of Sexting?
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There are various codes and acronyms teens use to send sexting messages covertly. Clusters of some letters and numbers may seem typo error of hasty typing could be secret codes and acronyms your teens use to hide the actual message from your sight. You may find it difficult to decipher these codes and terms. Recently, I have come across and brought this list of commonly used terms and codes to help you decipher their messages –
8 – Oral sex
459 – I love you
420 – Marijuana
1174 – Nude club
ASL – Age/Sex/Location
CD9 – Code 9 – it means parents are around
Banana – Penis
DUM – Do You Masturbate?
FB – F*** Buddy
DUSL – Do You Scream Loud?
FMLTWIA – F*** Me Like The Whore I Am
GNOC – Get Naked On Cam
IF/IB – In the Front -or- In the Back
GYPO – Get Your Pants Off
IIT – Is It Tight?
IWSN – I Want Sex Now
KFY -or- K4Y – Kiss For You
kitty – Vagina
KPC – Keeping Parents Clueless
P911 – Parent Alert
MOS – Mom Over Shoulder
MOOS – Member Of The Opposite Sex
MOSS – Member(s) Of The Same Sex
LMIRL – Let’s Meet In Real Life
MorF – Male or Female
MPFB – My Personal F*** Buddy
NIFOC – Nude In Front Of The Computer
PIR – Parent In Room
PAL – Parents Are Listening
POS – Parent Over Shoulder -or- Piece Of Sh**
PAW – Parents Are Watching
PRON – Porn
RU/18 – Are You Over 18?
TDTM – Talk Dirty To Me
RUH – Are You Horny?
WYCM – Will You Call Me?
Isn’t act of sexting quite scary and seedy? Keep these codes handy to keep a check on your kids’ mobile phone or Smartphone. If your teens’ mobile phone supports sending multimedia messages, then check for images, audio clips and video clips to prevent your kids being censured as sluts or mean in their school.
