Millennial parents are no strangers to acronyms. In fact, Millennials and Gen Xers are credited with making "LOL" (laughing out loud) so popular on instant messenger, that it eventually earned a spot ...

We’ve come a long way since LOL — today’s kids use a lot more text acronyms than adults. Most text lingo is harmless, but it ...

FRISCO - While "LOL" and "JK" are a couple of commonly used text abbreviations, there are a laundry list of others. It seems teenagers are creating an underground world of codes to keep parents and ...

If you saw the letters CID or DOC on your kid's phone, would you know what they mean? Several months ago, 5 on Your Side revealed codes that teens use to hide information from parents, and now we've ...

(USA TODAY) - If your teen has a smartphone, chances are they spend several hours a day on text and social media. If you ever look at what they’re actually doing on there, you’ll likely see a lot of ...

When my son, Ian, was 3, I bought him a cellphone. It had three buttons: "Call Mom," "Call Dad" and "Call Grandma." He was young, but it helped us feel better he could reach us in case of an emergency ...

Experts decode some of the most frequently-used acronyms kids are using over text, and discuss the specific ones that should never be ignored. Millennial parents are no strangers to acronyms. In fact, ...