Kids and Texting

There was a study in England published in the Journal of Developmental Psychology about the effect that texting has on children's language development. According to BBC News, it's actually positive. Fears that kids won't learn real words or will mistakenly use text shorthand in real writing is apparently unfounded. In fact, being exposed to texting is a language-rich activity and makes them more comfortable with the written word. Even if they write it "wrd." Of course, if you could write off their phone bill as an education expense, you'd be all set!