A Dad's Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan

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Please visit my web-site, http://brucesallan.com to contact me and to enjoy the various features it offers, including an archive of my columns, contact info, links to my published work, photo galleries, and reader comments. I have a radio show that has gone national and I hope you'll, listen, and/or send an e-mail comment or question. Here are the details: http://brucesallan.com/index.php/radio. I gave up my showbiz career a decade ago to raise my two boys, full-time, now 14 and 17. My internationally syndicated column, A Dad’s Point-of-View, is my take on the challenges of parenthood and male/female issues, both as a single dad and now, newly remarried, in a blended family. Presently, my column is available in over 100 newspapers and Web sites in the U.S. and internationally. Please join the ongoing discussions on my Facebook Page by joining the “A Dad’s Point-of-View” Page: http://facebook.com/aDadsPointOfView. Lots of other cool links, people from all over the world, and more there. And, you can also follow me at Twitter, @BruceSallan.

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Is Texting Hurting Your Teen?

Do we really think, "ttyl, lol, WTF, brb, rofl, lmao, idk, stfu" are deep ways of communicating? My kids don't even bother with voicemail anymore -- they just see who called, erase the message, and call back if (or when) they want. This is communicating? They break up via text, they ask for sex via text, they say, "I love you" via text (with one of those stupid heart icons), etc.