For those of you who a have kids with cell phones, it may come as no surprise to you that texting is the number one mode of communication amongst kids. According to the Huffington Post, kids between the ages of 12 to 17 text on average 60 times a day. That’s a huge number!
A study was recently conducted on close to 800 teenagers and this is what they found as reported by Jessica Samakow with the Huffington Post:
About 77% of teens own a cellphone with one in four owning a smartphone. And most are texting. 75% said they actively text; 63% said they text everyday. Their voices aren’t as active as their thumbs, however, only 39% make calls daily. Those who texted the most were more likely to talk on the phone as well.
Only 29% send messages through social networking sites — surprising considering 80% of teens use them. HuffPost Teen blogger April H., recently wrote that “social media is like a drug” to many kids.
Less than half of those surveyed, 35%, say they socialize face-to-face with friends outside of school.
The study is on par with a Nielsen survey conducted in December which found that teens send an average of 3,417 texts a month, 7 times an hour. Girls were the most verbose in their findings too — they send 3,952 messages per month compared to 2,815 by the boys.
Texting is an easy and quick way to communicate for everyone but there are concerned about proper usage. There are certain worries and dangers that exist by impeding on the kids attention like texting while working, walking, and the most dangerous, while driving.
