On its website, KSDK-TV lists 112 acronyms tweens and teens use on social media so parents can quiz themselves and even use it as a “cheat sheet” to decipher online codes.

Manchester United has today increased efforts to promote positive, inclusive and safe online engagement through the launch of a Social Media Code. The Social Media Code exists to ensure everyone ...

But perhaps banning social media — or heavily monitoring kids who use it, which is another common parental response — isn’t the most constructive solution to the problem.