Clearly there is an addiction problem here in Orange, Connecticut, and one can safely assume the same problem is persistent in Orange, California, and Orange, Florida. Pew Research reports that one in three teens sends more than 100 text messages -- a day! That's more than 3,000 a month! Girls are more text-friendly than boys, as the average texting girl sends and receives an estimated 80 text messages a day (compared with boys who send and receive 30 texts daily), according to Pew Research.
Technology Addiction specialist Dr. Hilarie Cash in Seattle explains that the "instant gratification of getting a text back floods the brain's pleasure center with the mood enhancing chemical dopamine," which leads to addiction. Some students interviewed by Dr. Cash report "withdrawal-like symptoms" if their phone's battery dies or they do not get text back quickly from someone they care about.
Doctor Michael Seyffert treats teens for sleeping disorders, and he reports that one out of five teens "have their sleep interrupted by texting" -- either they dream they are getting a text, or someone actually texts them in the middle of the night. Dr. Seyffert (of Seattle) explains, "Neuro-imaging studies have shown that those kids who are texting have that area of their brain light up the same as an addict using heroin."
We can safely assume from the empirical literature that many teens and college students as well are addicted to the texting technologies. There is little argument about that. And the practical truth about texting while...
How can we expect our children to learn how to think critically if we do not teach them about sex? Cheers to The Dallas News for pointing out the woeful inconsistencies and shortcomings in Texan state education. The majority of Texas school districts "either teach an abstinence-only health curriculum or avoid talking about sex altogether" and the result? Texas has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the
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