Teen Texting Soars Summary

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According to NPR’s article “Teen Texting Soars; Social skills suffer” by Jennifer Ludden states, “The number who say they text message daily has shot up to 54 percents from 38 percent in just the past 18 months.” Clearly teens have been texting and texting. Teens text so much that they set up a persona of who they want you to think they are but the reality is they sometimes aren’t who they say they are. Then when you meet them it is really awkward. Teens also get to comfortable with texting that they can’t have a conversation face-to-face. According to the same article on NPR, Ludden explains that “Some teens text their parents though most youngsters say they prefer to speak with them on the phone.” Teens socialize so much and at this point