Social Media has taken our lives by storm, no doubt about it.
When adults began using My Space, teenagers migrated to Facebook and now that even their grandparents have Facebook accounts, many teens are finding other sites where they feel that their privacy is more protected.
And that’s fine – as long as you know about the sites and can monitor them, right?
Tumbr is an increasingly popular site among teens. Consider it sort of the Pinterest of the teen crowd. Images and videos can be searched by tags and titles.
Anything from text to links can be posted from any device, plus kids can have friend lists that show what their friends are posting.  The site claims Tumblr Lets You Effortlessly Post Anything.
By merely adding a question mark to the end of a post, your teen invites the Tumblr community to answer questions and make comments. Since kids this age thrive on attention, they can go overboard in posting increasingly edgy images and comments to get even more comments.
Be aware that some of the stuff being posted is pretty adult in nature, and if you thought some of those teen videos on Facebook were extreme you should probably head over to Tumblr to see what your kids might be looking at.
The site does have a set of rules and guidelines in place, but like any large social media spot, there is no way they can keep up with everything.
No matter where your teen is hanging out on the Internet, it’s a good idea to keep track of them. You might even want to Google their name and/or screen name regularly just to see what comes up.
