{"id":44879,"date":"2015-08-18T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mcafee.com\/?p=44879"},"modified":"2025-08-27T03:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:09:41","slug":"hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/","title":{"rendered":"#HDM: Decoding the Latest Wave of Teen Cyber Slang"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PicsArt3\"<\/a>Do you get a little confused looking through your teen\u2019s Instagram or Twitter feed lately and seeing a crazy amount of new code-like phrases? You aren\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n

If you add together the popular hashtags kids use and the coded phrases, you\u2019ll find yourself learning an entirely new language that also happens to be growing exponentially every day.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve written about popular hashtags such as #tbh<\/a> (to be honest), which is an abbreviation posted by teens Instagram users (also called #igers), Twitter users and SnapChat users that invites other users to publically post honest comments about them.<\/p>\n

While much of the #tbh banter remains friendly and flattering, it can and does go south if a #tbh comment such as \u201cTBH you are a real @#$!%\u201d gets posted. Then it\u2019s an open call for both drama and bullying.<\/p>\n

Likewise, a few other new tags are emerging every week that are also being used by teens to exchange likes for \u201crates\u201d or rankings on a user\u2019s looks.<\/p>\n

On Twitter<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In an effort to get more \u201cfavorites\u201d on a tweet, teens have created a digital exchange system through phrases such as \u201cfav for a rate\u201d (#favforarate) or \u201cfav for HDM\u201d (#favforhdm). HDM means Honest Direct Message.<\/p>\n

The same code phrases apply to SnapChat, where the goal is also to accumulate favorites on story posts.<\/p>\n

On Instagram<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The same ranking structure is popular on Instagram where it\u2019s all about accumulating likes and comments (over or at pace with peers). So hashtags such as #likeforHDM #likeforrate, #commentforrate and #commentforTBH are all pitched as ways to get direct messages or rankings on looks.<\/p>\n

\u2022 One hashtag that is harmless and fun but could easily go south is #sorrynotsorry<\/strong>, which a sarcastic way of saying, \u201cI’ll say sorry but I meant what I said or did.\u201d\"PicsArt\"
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Another phrase that is camouflaged for obvious reasons is: \u201clet\u2019s watch Netflix and chill<\/strong>,\u201d which means \u201ccome over and make out.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the past we\u2019ve written extensively on hashtags that can alert you<\/a>, parent, to potential dangers such as:<\/strong><\/p>\n

#nsfw = not safe for work (post will include nudity, etc.)<\/p>\n

#pron = porn<\/p>\n

#thinspro, #secretsociety123 & #ana = anorexia<\/p>\n

#lmirl = let’s meet in real life#420 = marijuana<\/span><\/p>\n

#CU46 = see you soon for sex\"avatar\"<\/p>\n

Family Talking Points:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Emotional scars.<\/strong> Bring up the topic of asking for compliments and get candid about the emotion hits they may take by participating in this exchange.Asking for other people to publically or even via Direct Message to rank your looks or what they think of you is kind of like tossing a grenade around like a hot potato. Someone will get burned eventually.<\/p>\n

Include your boys.<\/strong> It’s easy to think this is all about girls flirting or fishing for\"PicsArt4\" compliments but boys ask for #rates, #tbh, #hdm just as much as the girls so tend to their hearts and minds as well.<\/p>\n

Bully bait?<\/strong> There\u2019s absolutely no excuse for cyber bullying and victims are certainly not asking to be bullied. There are, however, some online behaviors that may put kids more at risk to be bullied\u2014whether they realize it or not.<\/p>\n

Approval addiction.<\/strong> Talk to your kids about the risk of intentionally soliciting compliments, the emotion danger of getting used to it and becoming desensitized to true compliments and trusting others\u2019 honesty.<\/p>\n

Objectification.<\/strong> If you have a girl, discuss the concept of objectification of women and how damaging it is to her and women, in general, to ask for a ranking based on looks without considering the whole person.<\/p>\n

Focus on the unseen.<\/strong> The social networking realm for teens right now (like it or not) is all about the visible. It\u2019s about the selfie, the adventurous looking life, and the documenting outings for others to see. It will evolve to deeper things once the selfie nation mentality runs its course, most cultural trends do. But until then, affirm your teens, males, and females. Focus on their character, values, and opinions. Remind them often of how much you notice their evolving maturity. Tell them how much they mean to you and the people who truly know them and love them.<\/p>\n

Have you noticed your tweens or teens using covert language online or via text? Please add to our list!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you get a little confused looking through your teen\u2019s Instagram or Twitter feed lately and seeing a crazy amount…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":642,"featured_media":162469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[75,100,2205,321],"coauthors":[3359],"class_list":["post-44879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-safety","tag-cyberbullying","tag-facebook","tag-protecting-kids-online","tag-social-networking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n#HDM: Decoding the Latest Wave of Teen Cyber Slang | McAfee Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you get a little confused looking through your teen\u2019s Instagram or Twitter feed lately and seeing a crazy amount of new code-like phrases? You aren\u2019t\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"#HDM: Decoding the Latest Wave of Teen Cyber Slang | McAfee Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you get a little confused looking through your teen\u2019s Instagram or Twitter feed lately and seeing a crazy amount of new code-like phrases? You aren\u2019t\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"McAfee Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/McAfee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-18T12:00:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-27T10:09:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt3.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"795\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Toni Birdsong\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@McAfee\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@McAfee\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Toni Birdsong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Toni Birdsong\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/43ae9712cde24fe81854f2daa0af1228\"},\"headline\":\"#HDM: Decoding the Latest Wave of Teen Cyber Slang\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-18T12:00:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-27T10:09:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/\"},\"wordCount\":721,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/622x308_Blog_121022.png\",\"keywords\":[\"cyberbullying\",\"facebook\",\"protecting kids online\",\"social networking\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Family Safety\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/\",\"name\":\"#HDM: Decoding the Latest Wave of Teen Cyber Slang | McAfee Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/622x308_Blog_121022.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-18T12:00:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-27T10:09:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"Do you get a little confused looking through your teen\u2019s Instagram or Twitter feed lately and seeing a crazy amount of new code-like phrases? You aren\u2019t\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/622x308_Blog_121022.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/622x308_Blog_121022.png\",\"width\":622,\"height\":308},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Family Safety\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"#HDM: Decoding the Latest Wave of Teen Cyber Slang\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/\",\"name\":\"McAfee Blog\",\"description\":\"Internet Security News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#organization\",\"name\":\"McAfee\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcafee-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcafee-logo.png\",\"width\":1286,\"height\":336,\"caption\":\"McAfee\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/McAfee\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/McAfee\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mcafee\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/McAfee\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/43ae9712cde24fe81854f2daa0af1228\",\"name\":\"Toni Birdsong\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/de48b651aa67772c9c2a8d7e7eee076a\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Toni-Black-Shirt-Headshot-150x150.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Toni-Black-Shirt-Headshot-150x150.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Toni Birdsong\"},\"description\":\"Toni Birdsong began her career as a reporter in Los Angeles and later became a writer for Walt Disney Imagineering. Her passion for digital safety started 10 years ago as a way to gain the survival skills she needed to parent her own connected teenagers. Her goal with each post is to give busy parents the insight they need raise wiser, more compassionate digital kids. When she\u2019s not writing (her first love), you can find Toni hiking, watching TikTok, or trying not to break an important body part at CrossFit.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/author\/toni-birdsong\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"#HDM: Decoding the Latest Wave of Teen Cyber Slang | McAfee Blog","description":"Do you get a little confused looking through your teen\u2019s Instagram or Twitter feed lately and seeing a crazy amount of new code-like phrases? You aren\u2019t","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"#HDM: Decoding the Latest Wave of Teen Cyber Slang | McAfee Blog","og_description":"Do you get a little confused looking through your teen\u2019s Instagram or Twitter feed lately and seeing a crazy amount of new code-like phrases? You aren\u2019t","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/","og_site_name":"McAfee Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/McAfee\/","article_published_time":"2015-08-18T12:00:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-27T10:09:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":795,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt3.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Toni Birdsong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@McAfee","twitter_site":"@McAfee","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Toni Birdsong","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/"},"author":{"name":"Toni Birdsong","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/43ae9712cde24fe81854f2daa0af1228"},"headline":"#HDM: Decoding the Latest Wave of Teen Cyber Slang","datePublished":"2015-08-18T12:00:52+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-27T10:09:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/"},"wordCount":721,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/622x308_Blog_121022.png","keywords":["cyberbullying","facebook","protecting kids online","social networking"],"articleSection":["Family Safety"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/","name":"#HDM: Decoding the Latest Wave of Teen Cyber Slang | McAfee Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/622x308_Blog_121022.png","datePublished":"2015-08-18T12:00:52+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-27T10:09:41+00:00","description":"Do you get a little confused looking through your teen\u2019s Instagram or Twitter feed lately and seeing a crazy amount of new code-like phrases? You aren\u2019t","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/622x308_Blog_121022.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/622x308_Blog_121022.png","width":622,"height":308},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/hdm-decoding-the-latest-wave-of-teen-cyber-slang\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Family Safety","item":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"#HDM: Decoding the Latest Wave of Teen Cyber Slang"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/","name":"McAfee Blog","description":"Internet Security News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#organization","name":"McAfee","url":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcafee-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcafee-logo.png","width":1286,"height":336,"caption":"McAfee"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/McAfee\/","https:\/\/x.com\/McAfee","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mcafee\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/McAfee"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/43ae9712cde24fe81854f2daa0af1228","name":"Toni Birdsong","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/de48b651aa67772c9c2a8d7e7eee076a","url":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Toni-Black-Shirt-Headshot-150x150.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Toni-Black-Shirt-Headshot-150x150.jpeg","caption":"Toni Birdsong"},"description":"Toni Birdsong began her career as a reporter in Los Angeles and later became a writer for Walt Disney Imagineering. Her passion for digital safety started 10 years ago as a way to gain the survival skills she needed to parent her own connected teenagers. Her goal with each post is to give busy parents the insight they need raise wiser, more compassionate digital kids. When she\u2019s not writing (her first love), you can find Toni hiking, watching TikTok, or trying not to break an important body part at CrossFit.","url":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/author\/toni-birdsong\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/642"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44879"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221311,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44879\/revisions\/221311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44879"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=44879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}