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Topic: texting

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Two states still let you text and drive

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Multitasking is bad for memory

Matthew Rozsa
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Is it OK for me to read my kids' texts?

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Best parenting control is you

Christine Elgersma - Common Sense Media
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Reading between the periods

Lauren Collister - The Conversation
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3 ways to spot breadcrumbing

Esme Oliver
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Hijab emoji riles bigots

Matthew Rozsa
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Sex with the eggplant emoji

Erin Coulehan

Asha Parker
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Send your ex a Bieber Bomb

Erin Coulehan
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Here's why texts sound snippy

Erin Coulehan
Jud McMillan (Credit: Indiana House Republicans)

Be careful what you text

Scott Eric Kaufman
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Put your phone away

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Write a book in emoji

Erin Coulehan
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finally, non-white emoji

Anna Silman
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Sarah Gray

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Lydia Dishman - Fast Company
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Prachi Gupta
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My text blew up in my face

Cary Tennis
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