Why do teens text so much? Is it a social problem, or is it just fun? For example, “a 14-year-old girl sends a classmate a text message, the recipient probably can’t tell whether she’s blushing or uncomfortable,” says Kutner. “Thus, she can raise issues that she might not feel secure enough to speak or interact in a face-to-face conversation.” This answers my question of what the problem may be for some teens as to why they text so much. Teens need to communicate more, and interact with people in face to face conversations, because they need it for future experiences in life, like jobs. “Adolescents are using texting the way earlier generations used the telephone; they could check with their friends whether they’d perceived social situations and their implications in the same way,” notes Lawrence Kutner, Ph.D., co-director of the Center for Mental Health and Media at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. If teenagers’ do not interact with others, they will not be able to go through life like normal people would. Obviously you cannot text at your job 24/7, so they should stop now!
Grohol, John. "Teens text alot, adults worry." Psychcentral. psyd, 29 May 2009. Web. 6 April 2011. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/05/29/teens-text-a-lot-adults-worry/
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