This Kid's a text maniac

a teen( a 13 yr. old girl ) sent 14528 text msgs in a month 😲😕

WOH 😲

Pros

Staying in touch: Again, one of the greatest advantages of giving your teenager a phone is the ability to be in instant contact with them. Emergencies: The most compelling reason to put a mobile phone in the hands of your teenager is, of course, in case of emergencies. You can go through your day feeling a lot better if you know your teen can call you when an emergency occurs.
• Teaching responsibility: Having a mobile phone is a privilege for teens and should be treated as such. Mobile phone ownership is an opportunity for your teenager to prove they can have and take care of an expensive device.

Cons

Cost: Distractions.
• Stranger danger

However, its about parental responsibility - like here UK we have Pay as you go - credit the phone by however much so this pre-paid credit shows them not to waste it all as otherwise you wont credit the phone as parents and montly contracts mean that Teens are tempted to text a lot. So if they dont have this temptation its ok as PAYG means that Teen learns to be careful and teaches responsibility/looking after finances from early age.

LOL damn she beats me!😛😆😆

I send 20-65 txts a day :p 😆 😆 😆 thank god i too have unlimited
IDK its jus nowdays ppl r more n more using their cells phones to either use it as a MP3 player or IMing or Texting and using the internet lol😆 even i get bored of answering calls...instead i have my frens text me 😃😃

now should teens get cell phones?
I say why not?😛 I mean theres nothing wrong with texting tht much if u have an unlimited texting plan like the girl in the artile and I do BUT....if they dont hve a txting plan thats wen I think parent should come in handy...plus the company she has AT&T,,,they actually have an online account system where u can log into and see who u txted or who txted u...lol u can even see who'se giving u all those blank private calls..the numbrs dun show on ur phne but AT&T website account gets a rcrd of whos callin so parents can chck like tht on whose txting their child or callin them..wat time they called etc😳

hmmmm

well. in a way, it is not so surprising either.

a teen may speak more sentences than that to his friends.
so what, if instead of saying, he texted.
(if money is not that big issue for them)

I hear girls in Japan can type 40 Wpm in text messages.

lol..You all need a blackberry (or something with a key board)..I type long sms's but not allot.

Originally posted by: AsliiGuy

lol..You all need a blackberry (or something with a key board)..I type long sms's but not allot.

😆 I got the new Quickfire frm AT&T its like a combination of sidekick and Iphone put together =p =p qwerty key board with touch screen 😃
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Originally posted by: ThE_kHan07

😆 I got the new Quickfire frm AT&T its like a combination of sidekick and Iphone put together =p =p qwerty key board with touch screen 😃
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😆 I guess it depends on how long her texts are...They can all be like omg or wtf. That is a lot of texts though! I agree these teens nowadays are texting maniacs...They are texting in class, out of class, during breakfast, lunch and dinner...its crazy!

Originally posted by: apux

😆 I guess it depends on how long her texts are...They can all be like omg or wtf. That is a lot of texts though! I agree these teens nowadays are texting maniacs...They are texting in class, out of class, during breakfast, lunch and dinner...its crazy!