Reina had a karaoke birthday party, and while other people were singing, she was texting her best friend sitting right next to her.And here's a useful fact:
She even texted her friends to brag about the high number of text messages she had logged when her parents got the statement.
Her texting soared last month because "it was winter break and I was bored," Reina told her parents.
The average number of monthly texts for a 13- to 17-year-old teen is 1,742, according to a Nielsen study of cellphone usage.Here's more information about average text amounts: blog.nielsen.com (Nielsen Wire).
Read the entire article: This kid's a text maniac
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