So do you know what this mean? I bet you don’t. And this is because children have created a whole new language only for them so they can talk freely without concerning of being understood by us. It seems that parental controls software and monitoring applications are not enough. Even if you know who your child is talking with you will find it very hard to understand what he is talking about.

This new trend gives parents head aches because now they have to learn all these symbols and acronyms. I’ll try to ease your situation a little bit, gathering in this post some resources where you can find explanation of the most used acronyms. In this way, every time you see a strange expression in your child’s chat conversation you can find out it’s meaning.
The first list was originally published by NetLingo several years ago, but is now being circulated online and contains a list of 50 acronyms.

List 1
List 2
List 3

I think these are the most important. It might appear other ones meanwhile but even so, these should help you enough to reveal the message.
Regarding the phrase from the beginning of the post, I will not explain its meaning. It’s your homework and you can post your suggestions in the comments below. The first reader that will post the right message will get a free license of All-Spy Keylogger. Good luck.

As love was not coming my way since forever, I started chatting online with different kind of men. One day, a good-looking male, around 30, left me a message. I was very happy, and shortly we started chatting almost every day, then day and night, and I found myself doing just that even at work.

After a while, I realized he was not the kind, sweet person I thought he was. Friends told me they found pictures of mine over the internet, and all kind of things that made me feel embarrassed. My family found out, at work everyone was laughing at me; I became depressed and even when walking on the street I had the impression that everyone is laughing at me, pointing at me with their fingers. It took me a while to solve the problem, and to regain my dignity!

Be aware that these things can happen to you, before trusting someone you’ve met over the internet!

A new form of harassment seems to be introduced in our daily life: online harassment. A movie star from South Korea committed suicide because of the pressures and malicious comments that appeared systematically about her, online.
The actress was found dead in apartment or on Oct. 2. Police investigations conclusions were that she took her life because of the humiliation that she felt because of all online posting about her.
This tragedy revealed many such cases of suicides caused by harassment in the Cyberspace.

Cyberstalkers (as they were named) use a variety of techniques to harass their victims, including sending hostile e-mails, publishing falsehoods about them in chat rooms and Usenet postings and even posing as the victims in provocative Internet communications and e-mail messages to others.

And the cyberstalking problem appears to be getting worse, experts say. The cyberstalking phenomenon appears to be part of a “migration” of traditional crimes – including threats, child pornography, fraud, gambling and extortion — from the physical to the online world.

Many cases involve ex-spouses, former lovers or estranged relatives, but some cyberstalkers are strangers who have simply taken a dislike to their victims for some reason.

Below you can find 2007 Statistics about online harassment.

Age of Victim 18-30 28% 31-40 24% 41+ 29% Unk 19%
Gender of Victim Female 61% Male 21% Unk 18%
Gender of Harasser Male 39% Female 30% Unk 31%
Prior relationship with harasser? No 56% Yes 44%
If yes, what was the relationship? Ex 31% Online Acq 27% Friend 14% Family 13% Work 7% Roommate 3% Customer 3% School 1% Co-owner 1%
Were there threats of offline/physical violence? Yes 24%
Did victim report the harassment? Yes 59% No 41%
Source: WHO@

However we didn’t found any data here about those under 18 years harassed online. Maybe the parents reported for them, or maybe they didn’t tell anyone about what happened. Anyhow, more and more organizations publish online guides about privacy and online threats. You can find them at a simple web search.

If you notice any changes in your child’s behavior or you just suspect that his online activity can threat his safety, take action. Also if you suspect some of your online activities, take action. Let’s make sure that online harassment meets his fall.