http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/ Switched Comments for http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Feb 6th 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 3:09PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 5:16PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 4:25PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/
Last night (or at 3am this morning) I sent my daughter a text message to ask her if she was coming home or stay with a friend so I could shut off the front light. I was up reading so didn't mind a call - which she would have known, but out of concern for making her feel embarrassed with her friends, a text message was something she could read anytime and her friends wouldn't think her mom was stalking her. We share a cell phone account and she rarely uses any minutes because she uses text messages instead of calling people. I am glad she doesn't use all of the minutes on our account so text messaging is definitely appreciated by me.]]>Jan 30th 2010 8:13PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/How about going with the latter (texting)? Where you can do whatever it is you're doing, without the anguish of having to hear someone's voice you're not necessarily thrilled to talk to at the moment?

Texting gives you freedom. Freedom to conduct a conversation, without the immediate obligation to respond on cue. It doesn't come off as rude, you can't hang-up on anyone (or vice/versa), they don't drop....like calls, you can partake in several conversations effectively/effortlessly (if you're paying attention), you can even insert pictures (unlike on a call), and overall, you just feel less constricted! Just like the voicemail (which I consider to be quite impersonal), texting is just another way of talking to others, without actually "talking" to them.

Convenience is the name of the game. Lighten up, "Coop".]]>Jan 30th 2010 8:13PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/I think your kid needs to see a shrink.
You should go with that teen... you need one also.
The word is narcissism....you probably don't know what it means.. look it up.]]>Jan 30th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/
I love how youre judging how narcissistic someone is by the texts they send.
So, before you make yourself look like a nitwit again, step away from your computer, grow up, then come back.

We will be waiting right here for you.]]>Jan 30th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/]]>Jan 30th 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/
BUT, I definitely get that the way most teenagers act today can prejudice people against you. Even my parents expect me to rebel and sneak out and lie to their faces! What can you do except show them you won't?!?!?]]>Jan 30th 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 4:04PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/http://www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/Jan 30th 2010 4:06PM