A recent finding by scientists has claimed that as compared to children who are not able to use mobile phones, better literacy skills are seen in children who are fluent at text messaging.

Speech patterns and rhymes are better recognized by children who text and it does not in any way destroy their use of English.

Use of text messages was analyzed by researchers among children who were eight to 12 year old and the duration of the study was ten years.

It was seen that syllables in speech and rhymes were understood better my children who used mobile phones, researchers concluded.

Reading and writing skills of kids improved as these were a common part of text messaging, psychologist Dr Clare Wood, who led the study at Coventry University, added.

Wood said, "We were surprised to learn that not only was the association strong, but that text use was actually driving the development of phonological awareness and reading skills in children."

If children indulged in sending text messages on a regular basis then it meant that spellings were continuously being practiced by them.