Karina Gon­za­lez, a sopho­more at New­town High School in Queens and a reg­u­lar sender of instant mes­sages on her com­puter, had her cell­phone con­fis­cated by her mother after her text mes­sages resulted in a $150 phone bill, triple the usual amount. “I cried,” she said. “I felt like I lost a piece of me…”Young Cell Users Rack Up Debt, The New York Times, Jan­u­ary 9, 2005