Texting, and in some cases “sexting,” sending sexual messages and photos by phone, has quickly become a huge phenomenon.
The Nielsen Co. reported that teens with phones averaged 2,899 text messages a month in the first quarter of 2009, a 566 percent increase in two years. And 79 percent of teens carry phones.
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