Children today are often so voracious and versed in the latest communications technology that they make their parents feel like Myles Standish and Betsy Ross. Three-fourths of young people between 12 and 17 now own cell phones, reports the Pew Internet and American Life Project. And get this: 87 percent of those who send text messages told researchers that they sleep with or next to their phones. Half of teens send 50 or more text messages a day, and one in three send more than 100, or more than 3,000 texts a month. By contrast, only 30 percent of teenagers...
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garageman Wrote: Sep 03, 2010 12:58 PM
Stop being ridiculous. I see a new movie a week. If only there was more sex. Nobody is "pushing" anything on families. It is, however, the responsibility of parents to raise their kids right.
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Theonethatknows Wrote: Sep 03, 2010 2:14 PM
Garbage in-Garbage out!
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Darby O'Gill Wrote: Sep 04, 2010 2:16 PM
Obviously you have no children and are new to the planet Earth...welcome, now, pay attention.SJS
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