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Facts About Your Silver Spring Texting Teen [POLL]
Teens' text habits has grown from 50 in 2009 to 60 texts a day, according to the study.

Teens are showing no signs of letting up when it comes to texting .
This latest report on your teen’s thumb action from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The study analyzed the behavior of about 800 teens in a three-part survey.
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- 63 percent text every day.
- 39 percent make daily calls.
- 29 percent send messages through social networking sites.
- 35 percent socialize face-to-face outside of school.
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