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Does your kid never return texts? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Assuming they're old enough to have a phone, obviously.

I have to send my daughter reminders to do things all the time because she's extremely forgetful. She's not annoyed by that, she's asked me to do it. And whenever I send her one, I get a read receipt and no reply. And I've told her a bunch of times that it's rude to not reply to texts like that, but she keeps doing it.

It's driving me crazy. She's a good kid, but why doesn't she return texts?!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not a parent, but I sometimes forget to answer texts myself, so I can definetely understand your daughter. Maybe she read the text while in the middle of something, thinking she can put off replying until she's done with it, just to forget to send the reply.

If an answer is important to you, creating shorthand codes might do the trick. A simple "k", "ty" or "xoxo" could be simple ways your daughter can use to instantly respond before her mind is once again preoccupied by something else. This method is actually how I solved my own forgetfulness when it comes to texting back.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

It's not important, it's just annoying. Apparently I'm not alone in this with kids, so I feel better now.