Running L8 But CU Soon. Luv, Mom

Cecilia Kang:

OMG. Dat u mom?
Yes, it is. Parents are horning in on their teenagers’ lives through text messaging. Sending shorthand cellphone messages used to be the province of the younger set — under the dinner table, in the car, at all hours of the night.
Now, parents are responding with their own quick dispatches — “RU there,” “Running L8” — and becoming the fastest-growing demographic in text messaging, which is one of the biggest areas of the mobile-phone industry