Study links excessive texting among teens to alcohol, sex, and drugs
How many texts does your child send and receive in a day? Could an increasing number indicate an increasing risk for problems? And, could a certain number indicate your child is more likely to experiment with drugs or sex? The AP reports, "Teens who text 120 times a day or more -- and there seems to be a lot of them -- are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs than kids who don't send as many messages, according to provocative new research." The authors of the study "aren't suggesting that 'hyper-texting' leads to sex, drinking or drugs, but say it's startling to see an apparent link between excessive messaging and that kind of risky behavior." In "Vital Signs," the New York Times reported that "the study…