i have three teens and i'm fairly certain they don't even know how to dial a phone and talk to a human. but my baby girl (she's 15 and the source of most of my grey hair *sigh*) can clock in 11-12,000 texts a month. so as a family we communicate by text a lot as we all lead hectic social lives. plus it's fun to send a group text when dinner's ready. not to mention the fact that the wife and i enjoy seriously sexually depraved conversations and you tend to get funny looks when on the bus discussing the ways you would like to worship someones ass!