The "Hi Mom" smishing scam uses a fake family emergency text to trick parents into replying, then escalates to requests for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But even with their impressive acronym cred, parents of today's teens are finding their kids texting in a mix of letters and words ...

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 ...

Text messages and other online feedback can help prevent obesity in very young children, a new study demonstrates. Kids had a healthier weight-for-height growth curve during their first two years if ...

Some schools have banned cellphones because parents were fervently checking up on their children throughout the day. No teacher wants to hear students' phones go off in class. Although many people ...

TRY IT: STOP TEXTING YOUR KID AT SCHOOL Many parents stay in touch with their child by texting, but school is a place for focusing on learning and developing independence. Teachers say you can still ...

My 9-year-old doesn’t have a phone, but some of her friends do. In the past, my daughter gave her friends my number, and they passed it along to their parents for arranging play dates. This worked ...