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=Article= http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26teen.html
 * "Texting may be taking a toll" by Katie Hafner**

Works Cited:
Hafner, Katie. "Texting May Be Taking a Toll." Nytimes.com. New York Times, 26 May 2009. Web. 22 Nov. 2011. .

Summary:
Some disadvantages of texting are teenagers' thumbs could experience painful cramping, grades could drop if you text more than you pay attention, and It is hard to pay attention while in a texting conversation with someone. When the parents take the kids phone away they still want to text because their parents are doing it. Teenagers like to text wherever they go. Texting may cause anxiety, distractions in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury, and sleep depravation. So parents are less aware of their child's texting than video games, general computer use, or the billing on the texts.

Facts:

 * 1) Teenagers text approximately 3,500 messages a week.
 * 2) AT&T and Verizon Wireless had sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008 just by teenagers
 * 3) According to the Nielsen Company teenagers send around 80 messages a day.
 * 4) Intensive repetitive use of the upper extremities can lead to musculoskeletal disorders that can lead to temporary or permanent damage to the thumbs.

Quotes:

 * 1) Michael Hausauer stated "It offers companionship an a promise of connectedness. At the same time texting can make a youngster feel frightened and overly exposed."
 * 2) Professor Turkle stated "But if technology makes something like staying in touch very very easy thats harder to do; now you have adolescence who are texting their mothers 15 times a day asking things like 'should I get the red shoes or the blue shoes?'"
 * 3) Dr. Martin Joffe states, “Then you hear that these kids are responding to texts late at night. That’s going to cause sleep issues in an age group that’s already plagued with sleep issues.”