Mommy A La Mode
Is Texting Taking a Toll on Teens?
OMG! Mommy columnist Jamie Kunchick's stepchildren sent 20,000 texts in a month between the two of them.
After noticing my stepchildren were taking more than an hour to clean 20 minutes worth of after-dinner dishes the other day, I decided to check up on them. I peeked around the corner of the kitchen and saw two teenagers fixated on their cell phones. For every dish my stepdaughter Kaitlynn put in the dishwasher, she sent a text. As my stepson Eddie made his way towards the trash can, he stopped after every step to reply to a text. It was ridiculous. Afraid they were going to be there all night, I managed to grab their attention by clearing my throat and noting that they would get done a lot quicker if they would just put down the phones. They looked at me like I had gone mad. What’s the big deal, I thought? How in-depth of a conversation …
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