Friday @ Five - communicate with kids

Do you feel like you have just 2 minutes per day talking with your kids? Are you going one way and they're going another way? Perhaps they live with your 'X' and you see them occasionally. I wanted to connect with my 16-yr old niece more. Perhaps this approach will work for you. Warning: it's frustrating at first but easily evolves into a fluid and fulfilling connection. It's what weekends are for - connecting to ones we love.

Your weekend mission should you choose to accept it: Instant Message the kids.

This is going to be easy in some ways. You could be typing on your big computer keyboard. The more difficult version (if you're over 30) is using the phone keyboard. The easy thing is we speak the same language. The more difficult thing is they use shorthand - that takes some getting used to.

The shorthand eliminates a lot of vowels and uses two or three letters for a whole word. The AIM Acronym Dictionary is a handy for IM shorthand. lol [laugh out loud] and b/c [because] are examples of the quick correspondence you might receive. hi how r u culd u tell me my xm grade = "Hi how are you, could you tell me my exam grade?"

You need to have an IM (instant messenger) account. AOL's instant messenger is hugely popular and you don't need to have an AOL subscription to have an AOL account. You sign up for the account  [now, I'm going to go through this but you could as a nearby kid to set it up quickly for you] then you create a screen name. You get the screen name of the person you want to talk to and send a message to that address. If she's there your conversation has begun. In youths' world there are always conversations going on - join in - you'll be glad you did.   

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