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"New numbers from the Pew Research Center show teenagers are sharing more information online than ever before. The study shows most teens are not concerned about oversharing. But parents are and they're trying to keep up with the latest wave of social networking.View apps parents should know aboutWLKY interviewed several teenagers in and around Louisville. They said Facebook is out.Texting abbreviations decoded\"I think it's because everyone's parents got on Facebook and so no one really uses Facebook anymore,\" said Caroline Medley, 16.Mobile videoTheir favorites now are Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Twenty-four percent of online teens express themselves on Twitter. That's up from 16 percent in 2011.\"It's where we can really express ourselves and tweet about anything we want to,\" said Elizabeth French, 16.Pew researchers said only 9 percent of online teens express concern about third parties having access to their online posts. And 60 percent said they're confident in managing their privacy settings.Still 91 percent of online teens admit they post a picture of themselves online. Seventy-one percent post their school name. And 71 percent post the city in which they live.\"Everything is blocked, you can't see anything, I always watch what I post, I'll always make sure nothing too scandalous is out there,\" said Rachel French, 18.But online experts say there are dangerous apps out there that your teen could come across.Yik Yak is where users linked through GPS post messages often containing sexually explicit material or personal attacks.Poof and others like it allow all other apps on your teen's iPhone or iPad to \"disappear.\"Whisper encourages users to post secrets. You post anonymously but it utilizes GPS.Down is where users can categorize their Facebook friends into who they would want to \"hook up with.\"And while Snapchat is a favorite, experts said the picture that is supposed to delete within seconds, can always be saved and can end up in the wrong hands.Mother of three Amy Medley said the only way to tackle the online world is to dive right in.\"(Parents should) educate themselves, be aware of what's going on and know what is going on out in that digital world,\" said Medley.She said talk to your kids, set a foundation of trust and familiarize yourself with social media.\"I equate it to driving. When a child turns 16 you're not going to hand them keys to a car and say,'Here you go.' They're not capable with that yet, you have to teach them,\" said Medley."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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