The problem is that the way these kids type-- the kind duathir meant, anyway, not in every system-- is really artificial. Kids don't write 'dem' or 'dat' even when they have a speech impediment. And a five-year-old doesn't say "I bes 5." We have things we've written from when we were 6 or 7, and of course there were some misspellings, but not in every single word. We read a lot, so we learned how to spell some words from our books. When an 11-year-old in someone's system starts typing in little speak, I think it's gone too far.