Are Cell Phones Really Teaching Your Child

What cell phones are really teaching your child….? Now day’s teenagers are attached to their phones from the minute they wake up to the moment they fall asleep. You rarely see them without their phone in their hand. Whether they are texting or keeping up with every social media sites. Parents always wonder why they are always on their phone, and why the phone bill is so high every month. But do parents really know that cell phones expose their child to cyber bullying, sexting, and texting behind the wheel? Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are the most popular social media sites used by teenagers. The main purpose is to keep in touch with your friends, and to share moments of your life. But teenagers have found a new way to bully, and harass people, by cyber bullying. In 2008, the University of California Los Angeles published a study showing that, “41 percent of teenagers surveyed had experienced online bullying between 1 and 3 times over the course of the year.” …show more content…
Studies have showed that, “a driver on a phone had the same reaction speed as someone legally intoxicated, that those talking on a phone behind the wheel are four times as likely to crash, that texting while driving is even more dangerous.” (Texting While Driving: The New Drunk Driving) Between young drivers get their licenses, and new technology every year the roads are becoming a little more dangerous. It is bad enough with a new driver on the road having to learn something completely new. But now parents have to worry about distractions with cell phones. Teenager’s need to know that by texting, or checking social media while driving is risking not only their life but anyone else that is on the road. And sometimes it is hard to enforce laws about texting and driving, because it is hard to tell if a driver is really on their phone. They can simply lie, and say they were distracted by something