In the short passage "Texting May Be Taking a Toll" , Katie Hafner, the writer , discover that texting leads to : less sleep , falling grades ,cramps in thumbs , and is also a huge distraction during school hours .It is stated that " American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month .... "In this short passage it includes quotes from teenagers telling how parents are being hypocrisy about their children texting .That detail stood out to me because I believe its true, one minute parents are yelling at their kids then the next their doing exactly what their child was doing .I honestly think this is not a serious topic . Teenagers are just being their self and doing what they do best .

I want parents to just sit one day focus on what their child is doing .What are they doing ? Most importantly , does it make them happy ? Are they smiling , laughing , and talking to their self sometimes ? Its what we do . This passage did make me think a little different . Maybe us teens could take a little time off texting , and help around the house or anything else . I just have one question to the parents : Do you ever realize you were once a teen before ?