No wonder the Millennial Generation is conversationaly challenged

Reina Hardesty, 13, racked up 14,528 text messages in one month. Pictured with her is her father, Register staff writer Greg Hardesty.

CINDY YAMANAKA, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

My daughter's texting story goes global

'Inside Edition' airs segment on text-happy Lake Forest teen.

By GREG HARDESTY

The Orange County Register

An international media frenzy that ensued over a story published in the Orange County Register about a text-happy teenager in Lake Forest hit the national spotlight this afternoon with a segment on "Inside Edition."

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