Most of us big people can send a text message or a quick email from our phones. We abbreviate, use emoticons, and are both adept at and understanding of those terse replies appropriate for text/IM ...

Parents have struggled to determine the proper amount of oversight for their kids ever since there have been parents and children. In the digital age, however, there's a new twist with which they must ...

“She says she will burn the house down with me in it.” “He threatened to pull a gun on me.” These are just a few of the texts sent by minors to counselors at crisis hotlines in the last several years.

Occasionally, I will bring up something remarkable, funny or cute that they did as a younger child. This sparks some curiosity and usually leads to conversation about that and other things. Whether ...

In schools, kids are attached to their phones to the detriment of their attention and their education – but some students and their parents argue that they need to be constantly available for parental ...

My teenager won't talk to me on the phone; he is always texting me instead. Even if I call him, he lets it go to voicemail and then will text me back to ask what I wanted. What is going on with these ...

WEBVTT DRIVING HAS MET ITS MATCH. AN ALBUQUERQUE TEEN HAS COME UP WITH A WAY FOR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO TURN OFF A PHONE'S ABILITY TO TEXT AND CALL, WHILE THEIR CHILD IS BEHIND THE WHEEL. ACTION 7 NEWS ...

Dear Amy: I have a 12-year-old daughter who belongs to a youth group at church. When she joined, the leaders asked for her cell number so they could contact her about activities. Amy Dickinson Our ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — “She says she will burn the house down with me in it.” “He threatened to pull a gun on me.” “He told me he could kill me in an instant if he wanted to.” These are just a few of ...