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Maryland - September 06, 2015: Mitch Smith will communicate with his wife and kids via text while working out in the basement gym.

Too much screen time puts a dent in family togetherness. One form of digital communication can actually improve communication between parents and teens, however: the text message. More parents are texting teens when they’re at home together, calling them to dinner from upstairs bedrooms or texting reminders or love notes. Many are finding to their surprise that texting actually improves parent-child communication, enabling teens to dial down volatile emotions and say how they feel more clearly. Parents say texting helps them understand their teens better and cuts down on yelling. Texting shouldn’t replace tough conversations about difficult issues, but it can help by giving adolescents alternative ways to communicate, experts say.


CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal

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Maryland - September 06, 2015: Mitch Smith will communicate with his wife and kids via text while working out in the basement gym. <br /> <br /> Too much screen time puts a dent in family togetherness. One form of digital communication can actually improve communication between parents and teens, however: the text message. More parents are texting teens when they’re at home together, calling them to dinner from upstairs bedrooms or texting reminders or love notes. Many are finding to their surprise that texting actually improves parent-child communication, enabling teens to dial down volatile emotions and say how they feel more clearly. Parents say texting helps them understand their teens better and cuts down on yelling. Texting shouldn’t replace tough conversations about difficult issues, but it can help by giving adolescents alternative ways to communicate, experts say.<br /> <br /> <br /> CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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