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Published: 06/21/10

Teens Love to Text, But Adults Do It Behind the Wheel

By  Katie Drummond - Politics Daily
Teens Love to Text, But Adults Do It Behind the Wheel

Even though teens send more text messages, adults are more often guilty of typing out the cell phone notes while behind the wheel, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The organization polled 2,252 American adults, of whom 82 percent owned a cell phone. Of those, 58 percent sent text messages. Pew's findings led to a new report, tellingly dubbed "Adults and Cell Phone Distractions." A few of the survey's key results: --47 percent of adults who text admit that they've done it while driving, compared with 34 percent of 16- and 17-year-olds polled by ...

Published: 03/29/10

Are Computers Really Bad for Kids?

By  Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily
Are Computers Really Bad for Kids?

Many parents have become hard-wired into thinking that computers are bad for children. But are they? New research suggests that it's actually a mixed bag. My son came home from school the other day and showed me a short story he'd written. It was a lovely tale -- full of violence and warfare and even a metaphysical postscript in which you, as reader, realize that you're actually in "hell." In short, it had all the appropriate stuff you'd expect from the imagination of a 9-year-old boy. I told him that I really liked his story, but that he needed to work on making his handwriting more legible. ...

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