Parents now nag via text messaging

The Washington Post on how parental nagging has gone high tech thanks to text messaging.

Some say technology has made nagging less annoying.

Texts are less emotionally charged and seem to inspire less resistance, less eye-rolling, says Longwell, the McLean mother of three. "It's not as painful for them to hear it by text. It becomes grouped with the friendly communication," she says. "They can't hear the nagging."

Or so she hopes.

Joe Lanzafama, 52, a father of two in Stafford, has another tech-minded approach. He nags his seventh-grade daughter about cleaning up after herself -- by text, by phone, in person. Recently, he landed on an idea that he thinks might get results.

A text: Take a picture of your room clean and send it to me.

If eyes don't roll on that one...

emily | 10:00 AM | SMS and Students |
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