Parade Article on Generation Wired

Parade Magazine put together a great article on the current generation of teens and how wired they are. The article contains some stats on the issue but also includes several interesting points and recommendations:

• Parents need to limit cell phone use during meals. Take the time to have conversations with your kids.
• Kids need to have alone time and learn how/what is like to be disconnected or alone. Constant connection via electronic devices prevents them from learning how to handle this time and when confronted with it, don't know how to be alone they will only be lonely.
• Teens need to learn how to converse with people, how to apologize in person, how to have a difficult conversation in person and that sending a text should not be used as it can be the easy way out.

Click on the link above to read the entire article. Good reading for every parent of teens with cell phones.

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