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The generation of over used technology and over worked parents who work forty to fifty hours a week to provide for their family. While providing they are responsible for paying the utility bill and other important bills which include the cell phone and internet bill. Since parents are working so much they need to provide a phone for their children to keep in touch with them to see where they go every other hour. At the age of thirteen or younger children have cell phones already equip with internet access and many more options. Here they are capable of taking, sending and receiving photos, location and personal information. In the article “Blame Parents, Not Kids, for Sexting” by Sax, Leonard he stated a story of how young teenagers are using cell phones with no restriction or supervision from their parents. A twelve-year-old girl name Rebecca committed suicide because she was bullied by other girls her age. The girls bullied Rebecca because they were jealous of who she was dating. Stated by Sax the girls told Rebecca to “drink bleach and die.” As a …show more content…

Parents should ask the salesman/saleswoman before giving the phone to their kids. Parental control would block teens from inappropriate websites and prevent them from downloading false applications. Parental control could also help parents from spending thousands on in app buying, for example a busy mother gave her six-year-old son her phone to play Fruit Ninja so he would keep busy while she cooks dinner. A few months later a letter from Apple telling the parents that they owe ten thousand to the app company, turn out their son was purchasing new swords to cut fruit. Parental control could help prevent little accidents and also it could help save the photogenic teen from giving out their location on vacation. Parents just need to come up with a four-digit password so the child would not be able to turn off parental

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