The secret world of teen text messaging

Naperville police try to keep pace with changing trends in Internet crime

Kids these days are in a whole different world.

That's what Naperville Police Department detective Richard Wistocki hears many Naperville parents say about their teenagers' secret lives on the Internet and use of cell phones.


Friends who will be freshmen at Naperville Central High School this fall spend time outside Thursday afternoon in the Naperville yard of Erin Wilson, center. They used their phones to invite people over for a bonfire that evening.

"Parents, you should care enough to want to see," he said of the text messages, instant messages and online profile posts teens now use to communicate and reveal intimate details about themselves.

Empowering parents who want to see how their kids communicate is the basis for a new initiative Wistocki is spearheading....Full Story