Experts say teenagers increasingly are texting in their sleep—or, rather, the dreamy limbo state between sleep and wakefulness. “The phone will beep, they’ll answer the text,” says Elizabeth Dowdell, a nursing professor at Villanova University. “They’ll either respond in words or gibberish…The thing that happens, though, is that when they wake up, there’s no memory.” Dowdell says this is a symptom of teens not getting enough sleep and using technology far too much. She suggests that teens make their bedrooms techno-free zones. (CBS Philly)
Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and two children. Follow him on Twitter.