Seems like a bunch of bull to me, perhaps the children who have a phone with a text messaging plan are more likely to have access to a computer and the internet, I can see the internet as improving reading skills. txting isn't going to have large words the most I can see is interpretation of word orders and meanings being improved.<p>The title of the article is terrible in an attempt to be cute I had to look a few times to realize it was supposed to be with and not some acronym as me nor anyone I've ever known has abbreviated with w/ a 3 letter word..