Teen Texting Soars

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In her article, Teen Texting Soars, Will Social Skills Suffer? , author Jennifer Ludden states that cell phones have become a vital social tool as well as texting, the preferred form of communication for teens age 12-17. Ludden supports this statement by using data of how much the use of technology has increased by teens using social media and texting for their communication. Ludden’s purpose is to have people realize that teens really only rely on their cell phones for everything is not really healthy so they need to discipline when it comes to using their phone too much. Ludden uses a serious and factual tone towards her audience and reader’s to try and convince them on how to decrease the use of technology within teens. After reading the article, I have come to realize that teen only use their cell phones for the latest gossip going around or for social media, but sometimes there are ways teens find their cell phones to be useful in their lives. One reason is that teens find it easier to get their work done by using their cell phones to communicate with their friends to get what the missed out on. For example, contacting a friend or classmate to get the latest homework assignments when they are sick or just what the teacher had explained is how teens find their cell phones being useful in their everyday life. Additionally, sometimes it could be a good thing to find out the rumors or gossip going around because it could be about them or one of their friends. This is important because maybe that person’s friend or even them is getting these rumors spread around and it comes to them, they can do what they want about it like notify an adult or parent. For these reasons, I concur that the position that using cell phones can be really helpful in the time of need or seriousness. The article Teen Texting Soars, Will Social Skills Suffer?, has convinced me that maybe

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