Can Texting Be Harmful or Beneficial ?

In the article "Texting May Be Taking a Toll" written by Katie Hafner  it explains why texting can be beneficial and harmful. It gives examples on how texting could be bad and good.

The article has quotes by doctors, teachers, parents, and children. It gives evidence on how many text messages per a month American Teenagers sent out for the companies AT&T and Verizon. A fact that stood out to me was that texting can lead to musculoskeletal disorders, leaving temporary or permanent damage to the thumbs. This shows texting can be harmful. 

This article actually changed my mind on texting. I never knew texting could be so harmful to your thumbs, and grades. Also, that it can cause anxiety and sleep issues. This topic is important, more people should know about the harmful side effects of texting. A possible solution to the problem would be not to text as much.

I can connect with this article because sometimes my thumbs hurt from texting. In the morning after texting late at night I am so sleepy. Also, I can say I use texting to be in the know of my friend’s lives.

This article makes me not want to text as much as I do now. It helps me realize everything can cause problems in some way. Nothing is ever really safe. 

This article makes me wonder how many people go through the bad side effects of texting. It makes me think if they do, do they try to solve it. Also, if they do try to solve it how long do they do it until they go back to their old habits?