Dear Tweens, Do kids ever talk face-to-face or does everyone just text all the time?
Emily Hewey
I think that some kids talk face-to-face more and some text more. In my opinion, people talk in person more because most humans have a social life, and by having a social life, you talk face-to-face. They might talk face-to-face more because when a child is at school, they talk with their friends a lot. When kids get home, they also talk face-to-face with their parents and siblings. Once kids get a cell phone, all they mostly want to do is text because when they didn’t have a phone, they missed out on all the texting. But some people don’t have a cell phone, like me, for example. Those people who don’t have phones talk to their friends more because they don’t have phones. Even though I wish I had a cell phone, most of the time I really like talking to my friends face-to-face.
Matt Dube
Kids do talk face-to-face when they are at school but not much after. Maybe if they hang out they talk to each other, but during the winter it is too cold to hang outside. This is when they text. They also text at night when they can’t fall asleep. Kids can’t hang out most of the time because their parents are at work and they can’t go to their friends’ houses. This is how kids talk – some times face to face, but most of the time kids text.
Ben Heifetz
Personally, I think that kids get at least three times the amount of face time as they do text time. I think that people talk face-to-face way more than they text each other. The reason is that school takes away six hours of texting time because you’re not allowed to have your phones on in school. Lots of kids use most of their time with sports, homework and other social networking sites that distract them from their phones. That’s why I think kids don’t text as much as face-to-face talk.
Rowan Ferrier
Kids do text a lot, especially teenagers. But sometimes they need to stop and talk to someone face-to-face. It usually depends upon the conversation. If people are talking about something private, they might want to text to make sure that no one hears. But if it’s just a normal chat, they don’t really need to text unless they are not within walking distance.
Lexie Perlow
I have to admit, as a tween, I do text occasionally. Most of us do, but some of us take it too far. After all, we do know how to communicate in different ways.
Most of the time, tweens talk face-to-face to face, especially if we are at school or another event. If we need to make plans or ask about something, texting is an easy way to access a friend. Some kids get out of hand, though. In my opinion, it is not polite to text when you’re with a friend or for excessive amounts of time. Texting is a privilege, so kids should use it wisely and in moderation.
Nate Hollins
Well, I think that a lot of kids talk at school face-to-face. You can’t use cell phones in school. If you could, I’m sure kids would use them. But that would be distracting from the learning, and some kids would cheat and gossip using text. When kids are out of school, people most like to text. Most kids my age have a cell phone. So I think kids talk face-to-face at school, but mostly by cell phone outside of school.
Harpreet Kaur
I think kids do both because the kids that have cell phones usually text and some kids don’t have cell phones. Most of the time kids talk face to face because they are at school most of the day. You can say more when you are talking face-to-face because the other person can relate and respond quicker than when you’re texting. Sometimes kids use up all their text minutes, too. I think kids still talk face-to-face.
