Dont kids use cell phones for talking anymore?
Texting is a method of communicating without making noises that parents would hear.
Upside is that most kids can't spell or read without moving their lips (thanks NEA). When you get old and half deaf and learn to read texters lips... You realize that getting old and deaf is God's way of taking care of you.
/johnny
Talking is so last week! It is frightening, but not really surprising how little shame this generation of kids has. Everything is ok. I really worry about what sort of 40 year olds they will be. (let me say, not all of them, there are still plenty of parents out there doing a good job and many good kids, but I think they will be faced with a bunch of peers who have no morals-truly if it feels good do it, who cares how it affects anyone else).