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Each generation speaks and writes differently to the next: but no generation before has been so affected by technology and digital communication as the current Generation Z and Generation Alpha. With such rapid growth in technology, <\/span>has the way kids write on social media changed in recent years?<\/b> And how does it affect the way they write overall?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Kids ages 10\u201319 are capable of writing roughly <\/span>10 more words per minute<\/b> than a 40-year-old, according to the <\/span>Zurich Polytechnic University (ETH)<\/b><\/a>. Writing fast or texting on the internet and on social networks are the perfect ingredients for spelling mistakes. The culture of immediacy has caused young people to pay less attention to how they write, flooding the screens with spelling and other writing errors, such as the absence of accent marks, missing punctuation marks and confusion between words that sound the same but are spelled differently like their and there, according to the spelling software company Walinwa.<\/span><\/p>\n According to <\/span>Alcal\u00e1 de Henares University<\/b><\/a>, <\/span>9 out of 10 <\/b>young people do not pay attention to their writing when they communicate or interact on social networks. And <\/span>20% <\/b>of junior high and highschool students say they<\/span> \u201cwrite like they speak”<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n Kids are now bringing the abbreviations they write on the internet into the way they speak in normal conversation \u2014 making them difficult to understand for older generations. However, just because kids pay less attention to how they write on social media, doesn\u2019t mean this habit crosses over into other situations where they need to use their writing skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBad writing on the internet does not mean that children will automatically be bad writers in other settings. The most important thing is that parents pay attention not to how their children write, but to what they write. Some acronyms can be signs of risky behavior.\u201d<\/span><\/i> – <\/span>Eduardo Cruz<\/b>, CEO and co-founder of Qustodio.<\/span><\/p>\n To help parents, we\u2019ve compiled a series of acronyms that parents should know that might signal that their children are having inappropriate conversations or behaviors, inside and outside the network.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nHow children write on social media: the highlights\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Do kids really write differently to adults on social media?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
How does this affect how children write offline?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Acronyms to watch for on social media<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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