Naturally, the media is way behind on a particular trend. Any parent of a kid that has a phone could have told you this YEARS ago (actually, there have been many articles about his over the years). Parents have had to take phones away, or severely limit and monitor phone use because kids were blowing up the texting plans. In Europe, texting has been one of the primary modes of communication for years, but the US is catching up quickly. We've discussed in other threads how women don't even pick up their phones anymore when you call - they simply reply with a text, and whole conversations are had that way.
"The best kind of pride is that which compels a man to do his best when no one is watching."