Teen Texting Soars; Will Social Skills Suffer?

Vocabulary:

1. Monitoring: the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it)

2. Backfire: a fire started to check an advancing fire by clearing an area 

3. Whereabouts: about where; in, at, or near what location

4. Lounge:To move or act in a lazy, relaxed wa

5. Widespread: widely(to a great degree) circulated or diffused

6. Awkward: causing inconvenience

7. Wheedle: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Definition from :wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Questions

1.Will texting cause our teens social skills to suffer? 

2.What people should do about the problem?

3. What are causing teenager to be addictive to text message?

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