Five sighted sites teens flock to instead of Facebook

Where America’s youth go online to avoid Mom and Dad

marketwatch.com 

If your kids aren’t on Facebook, where are they? Try 

• Snapchat. (This app’s files self-destruct. The service is designed for savvy teenagers who don’t want to leave an Internet footprint)  www.snapchat.com

Twenty-six percent of 18- to 29-year-olds with cellphones use Snapchat, according to Pew Research Center, compared with 5% of 30- to 49-year-olds and 3% of 50- to 64-year-olds. Parents might want to monitor and check in on their kids’ social media activity from time to time, says Kelli Krafsky, coauthor of the book “Facebook and Your Marriage,” but “Snapchat is impossible to check.” —By Quentin Fottrell ((source)

• Pheed (mobile app allows users to create and share videos) www.pheed.com
• PicsArt www.picsart.com
• Tumblr www.tumblr.com
• Vine (Twitter launched Vine — a video-sharing app) www.vine.co

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• On Facebook, a growing teenage wasteland CNN 
• Video - 3 Sites Teens Flock to Instead of Facebook - WSJ.com