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A big reason is that parents read kids' text messages. If there is no text message sent, there is nothing for your parents to find.

• gowld 7y ago
  There's a delete button.
• sesuximo 7y ago
  back in my day we had Snapchat
• weare138 7y ago
  I think it's also because of the teachers. This way if the teacher accuses them of texting in class, the student can deny it and there's no evidence of the message.