YW is short for “You’re Welcome.” It is typically used in a texting message or gaming chat or short messaging in social media as a one word, casual response to someone thanking you. Children and adolescents use it frequently because it will save time and be more comfortable to use in online communication. Not being harmful in itself, parents must make sure that children know the context and do not confuse it with other meanings that are used by other communities online. Know more about yw meaning