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Mom's Survival Guide to Instant Messaging.


Mom's Survival Guide To Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or  

Mary B. Braun

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Mom's Survival Guide to Instant Messaging by Mary B. Braun (a working mother of two middle school aged girls) reflects the insights and experiences of a group of mothers in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Sun Prairie is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin and is a suburb of Madison, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 20,369 and is expected to double in size by 2020 to around 40,000.  and is specifically written for the benefit of moms with kids ages 12 to 17 who use the "instant messaging" feature on their personal computers the way their elders used the telephone when they were teens themselves. In Mom's Survival Guide To Instant Messaging, parents are provided with clear explanations of what Instant Messaging is; a humorous guide to Instant Messaging's unique slang; "war stories" from Moms sharing situations they've faced in a wired world; practical tips about regulating and monitoring children's use of Instant Messages--and obtaining children's cooperation without alienating al·ien·ate  
tr.v. al·ien·at·ed, al·ien·at·ing, al·ien·ates
1. To cause to become unfriendly or hostile; estrange: alienate a friend; alienate potential supporters by taking extreme positions.
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