How Kids Keep Their Parents Clueless When Texting

It's a tough job being a parent these days. Especially when it comes to social media. It's almost a full-time job staying on top of your child's social media use.

USA Today has come out with a big list of acronyms that parents need to be aware of when it comes to kids' texting. Check these out Mom and Dad:

• CD9: Short for "Code 9," which means parents are around.
• KPC: Keeping Parents Clueless
• MOS: Mom Over Shoulder
• P911: Parent Alert
• PAL: Parents Are Listening
• PAW: Parents Are Watching
• PIR: Parent In Room
• POS: Parent Over Shoulder
• Your kid's personal information or safety is at risk
• ASL: Age/Sex/Location
• F2F: Face to Face. Asking for a meeting or video chat
• LMIRL: Let's Meet In Real Life
• NAZ: Name/Address/ZIP
• MOOS: Member of the Opposite Sex
• MOSS: Member of the Same Sex
• MORF or RUMORF: Male or Female, or Are Your Male or Female?
• RU/18: Are You Over 18?
• WUF: Where You From?
• WYCM: Will You Call Me?
• WYRN: What's Your Real Name?

Your kid shouldn't be involved in this:

• 143, 459 or ILU: I love you
• 1174: Invited to a wild party
• 420: Marijuana
• GNOC: Get Naked On Cam
• GYPO: Get Your Pants Off
• AMEZRU: I Am Easy, Are You?
• IWSN: I Want Sex Now
• KFY or K4Y: Kiss For You
• KOTL: Kiss On The Lips
• NIFOC: Nude In Front Of The Computer
• RUH: Are You Horny?
• TDTM: Talk Dirty To Me

Not every acronym is bad:

• BRB: Be Right Back
• CWYL: Chat With You Later
• CYT: See You Tomorrow
• IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
• IMNSHO: In My Not So Humble Opinion
• L8R: Later
• LMK: Let Me Know
• NM: Never Mind
• ROTFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing
• SOHF: Sense Of Humor Failure

Keep your kids safe and I hope this helps!