Does your teen know where to draw their digital line?

To many teenagers (and adults for that matter) their mobile, IM and online accounts are a large part of who they are. When someone you’re involved with or a friend is controlling, disrespecting, or pressuring you in those spaces, THAT’S NOT COOL.

It can be difficult to express your concern or discomfort verbally, but Callout Cards are a fun, creative way to take some of that pressure off.

Someone pressuring or disrespecting you? Tell ‘em to back off with a callout card. That’s Not Cool provides several services to help you learn how the confrontations may play out – engage with others in similar situations and simply find a way of letting a person know – that’s just not cool!

Yet another reason I’m all for a ban on texting while driving and even more – on the devices that block a person’s ability to text while driving.

This particular accident occurred awfully close to home:

Sarah L. Woodruff, 20, Anderson, died Sunday afternoon after her vehicle went into the interstate’s median and rolled as many as six times before it came to rest on its roof. Woodruff was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from her car.

Investigators said the victim’s cell phone showed she was receiving text messages within three minutes of the first report of the accident at 12:51 p.m.

How completely horrible for the parents of this girl and for the person who was texting her – to know that your texting that person was the loaded gun that killed her?

I’m afraid I’d have a hard time forgiving the person texting my daughter – even if they had no idea the person was driving.

Source: The Star Press