Check it Out: How’s Your ‘Tweenspeak’?

In fact, according to Chicago-based C&R Research and its syndicated YouthBeat research report, 69 percent of teens (children in grades nine through 12) on its panel shop online. In addition, 57 percent of tweens (grades five through eight) and 34 percent of children (grades one through four) shop online. Their favorite sites are Amazon.com and eBay.com, according to Brenda Hurley, senior vice president of C&R Research.