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An Open Letter to Teens about Social Media

We all need a little social smarts. Please share this with those you know who use social media - especially your kids.

I don't know about the rest of you but as a child in the 60's, I truly believed by the time the year 2011 we'd all be living like the Jetsons.

In some cases, we are! Well, maybe we don't have flying cars or our very own Rosie's, but we do have the ability to talk on the phone wherever we are, GPS so we always know where we are and even better, Skype.

But thinking back on those times and what we thought life would be like a "million years from now", who would have thought there would be such things as Facebook, Twitter, etc.?! 

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With that said, I read this incredible blog written by Joellyn (Joey) Sargent for Social Media Today and felt the need to share. It makes you truly think.

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