"Texting May Be Taking A Toll" Katie Hafner tells how texting among teenagers is getting out of hand. Teenagers are sending more than "2,272 text messages per month and hiding behind their book-bags texting in class.

The article give quotes from a young teenager who has sent and received a total of 14,528 text messages in one month. Hafner also told effects from texting. One fact from texting is drops in grades. That should be a reason for parents to confiscate their children phone's. 

I think having a cell phone and texting isn't a problem if your getting good grades and completing things that need to be done. Students shouldn't text in class because what their texting may not be important. If grades drop and students are caught on their phone, parents should then remove the phone from the child's hand.

How come the teachers aren't noticing the children on their phone in class? It's obvious that the kids are texting when their hiding behind their book-bags and coats all the time. This article reminds me of my principle Dr.McCladdie. She does not want her students phones in school because she believes it would be a problem in the classrooms and a effect on students grades. She takes our phone at 7:45 and doesn't give it back until 2:49. Both Dr.McCladdie and Many of the Doctors that quoted in the article are trying to help children succeed.