{"id":219992,"date":"2010-01-22T02:18:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T07:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/could-text-messaging-be-beneficial-for-childrens-spelling-and-reading\/13942\/"},"modified":"2010-01-22T02:18:28","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T07:18:28","slug":"could-text-messaging-be-beneficial-for-children%e2%80%99s-spelling-and-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/219992","title":{"rendered":"Could text messaging be beneficial for children\u2019s spelling and reading?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/textmessaginggoodforchildrensspelling.jpg\" alt=\"New research suggests that text messaging improves children's literacy skills\"><\/p>\n<p>Results of a new British study may have children and teens LOL &#8211; laughing out loud or ROTFL &#8211; rolling on the floor laughing. 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