R U Hip 2?

My mom sent me an article from the NYTimes awhile back that was a hoot! Titled "Text Generation Gap: U R 2 Old (JK) the writer, Laura M. Holson interviewed parents and children regarding their texting habits. Research by AT&T concluded that about half of parents engaged in text messaging with their kids. Ever helpful, AT&T also offers an online tutorial giving parents an opportunity to hone their texting skills; “Teens may use text language to keep parents in the dark about their conversations by making their comments indecipherable,” the tutorial states. Holson adds,  "Some acronyms meant to alert children to prying eyes are POS (“parent over shoulder”), PRW (“parents are watching”) and KPC (“keeping parents clueless”)."

I resisted it at first but found that some people, especially my guitar students, prefer this method of communication, which in their situation makes sense -- I assume they're sitting in their classrooms when they text me to inquire what their assignment was for the previous week. Chatting on the phone would probably not fly while texting is more discreet.