What can parents and teachers do to keep up with teen slang?
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There are some ways by which parents and teachers can remain updated through social media, youth culture blogs, or online teen slang dictionaries. It is also beneficial to watch TikTok trends or YouTube shorts, because there many new words. Adults should not scold slangs, they should openly speak about them with teens - by asking them what some words mean, they can talk about it and understand each other. Keeping up with the current times will allow the adults to help the teens use slang inside the internet safely and in a proper manner.