'Night-texting' taking its toll on N.J. teens

Teenage sleep-deprivation caused by too much texting

By Aliyah Shahid/For The Star-Ledger
September 28, 2009

This summer, night after night, the lanky 14-year-old texted with friends for hours on end, sometimes not going to sleep until well after the sun was up. She’d interrupt her evening showers to check for messages, and at night she’d lie in bed with her phone pressed against her thigh to make sure she’d be alerted to any new messages. the rest