The nation's newest texting champion has a message for parents across the land — although they might not want to hear it.

"Let your kid text during dinner! Let your kid text during school! It pays off," 15-year-old Kate Moore said Tuesday after winning the LG U.S. National Texting Championship.

After all, she said: "Your kid could win money and publicity and a phone."

For the Des Moines, Iowa, teenager, her 14,000 texts-per-month habit reaped its own rewards, landing her the competition prize of $50,000 just eight months after she got her first cell phone.

That's really pathetic.

50k for texting.

*Body loses all hope and limpily falls on table.*

Texting has value to its popularity. It's a useful communication technique now. I know my group members would use it to avert crisis when it came upon us.

It's slower, less efficient, and more expensive instead of just talking on the phone.

No one seems to be getting the ISSUE AT HAND.

SHE WON FIFTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS 4 TEXTING.

THAT. IS. RE. TARD. DED.

Zezima wrote:SHE WON FIFTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS 4 TEXTING.

THAT. IS. RE. TARD. DED.

Person wins $50,000 for texting + more people spend more money on phones (possibly the winner of the $50k too) = more money for phone companies.

Zezima wrote:No one seems to be getting the ISSUE AT HAND.

SHE WON FIFTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS 4 TEXTING.

THAT. IS. RE. TARD. DED.

That is great, what are you talking about? She won money for doing something she does for her free time. If only we all could be so lucky.