While as a parent the research on children and internet use was interesting in this CNN article, what I found that surprised me was this:
About 80 percent of the children say the Internet is important for schoolwork, although three-quarters of the parents say grades have not gone up or down since they got Internet access.
What didn't surprise me living with five in these age groups was this:
The study, meanwhile, found that although only 27 percent of cell phone owners use them for text messaging, photo transmitting and other non-voice functions, the figure grows to 54 percent among those 18-24 and 45 percent among those under 18.
I'm not big on instant messaging anyway but for me the text messaging on cell phones is not something I've done at all. Though I do know how to receive them I have never sent a text message thru my phone. I have thru my computer to my children once in a while but I can't imagine my older three girls especially living without their text messaging via cell.
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