Parenting Teenagers

I chose to read the article titled, Parenting: The Teen Years. I chose this article because it appealed to me, considering I am still a teenager myself. While the article was fairly short, it gave useful information for parents, especially new parents. I feel if more people knew about the helpful information such as warning signs of distressed teens, parents would be more confident on how to address certain common issues they had with their children. As the article states, many teens feel some amount of disconnect from their parents, and I think it would benefit all people to know how to talk to their teenagers as well as how to relate and sympathize.

Social media has captivated young and adult equally, but young kids are more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media. In the essay writing by Peggy Orenstein, she is troubled by the way young boys and girls are submerged in the cyberspace. She found that places like Facebook or twitter can affect the developing personality of young kids. These kids are more likely to suffer from bulling, to engage in a sexual relationship sooner and with an older person, be the victims of sexual assaults and be self-center. Without being aware of the power of social media, I started using social media since 1996; while I was going to college in the Dominican Republic. I used to go to the computer center during my free time and signed into a

Technology is a double edged weapon, but the negative edge is sharper and cuts the reality into pieces, as the children are building and living their behavior and thoughts with whatever they are exposed to using different kinds of technology. One serious impact is the safety and internet privacy of the children. Pamela DeLoatch in her article “The Four Negative Sides of Technology” added that children may unwittingly share information that may endanger their lives. According to her “82% of online sex crimes against children are made using the social networking sites.” According to their excessive use of technology their lives details are open to everybody which sometimes led to undesired acts. It doesn’t have to be sexual abuse but also it may fracture the children’s self-esteem. Self-esteem shapes the way children think of themselves, if a child is popular in his network his self-esteem will be high, and vies versa. Jim Taylor in his article “how technology is changing the way children think and focus” stated similar opinion when he argued that new technologies are shaping the way our children think, adding that researches came with a conclusion that technology can be both harmful and beneficial to ways in which children think. He also said that it is clear that the advancing technology controls how our brains

Society is now immersed in the era of the digital age. Gone are the days of searching for hours in the library for the answers to a particular question, writing letters that can take days if not weeks to reach its recipient or simply visiting friends to reconnect. The Internet has provided a way to obtain and share a vast amount of information instantaneously on devices such as laptops and mobile phones. As a result, the number of users is increasing at an exponential rate as more people go online and embrace the convenience of the world-wide web. Social media sites allow the user to share personal information, photographs and videos at their own discretion as well as view the information shared by others, such sites have become an integrated part of everyday life especially amongst adolescents. Although, this modern way of social interaction and information sharing has its advantages it can likewise have a negative impact on the lives of some individuals. This essay will suggest that while the Internet has advanced communication and is growing in popularity, the issue of bullying has similarly evolved. Consequently, cyberbullying is now a recognised problem faced in most societies and educational institutions. To deal with this new phenomenon, countries such as New Zealand is proposing changes to existing laws and legislations.

The severity of smartphones impacting a child’s adolescence continues to increase each and every year. Forty years ago my parents were teenagers and none of them had a computer, let alone a smartphone. Flash forward to today and every single kid my age has a smartphone and some get one as young as ten years old! What will the next forty years entail? Vasts amounts of cyberbullying occurs online every day between high school students, so with time will this behavior continue into the workplace? Twenge shines a light on the fact that the more time spent on a social networking site, the unhappier the user felt. Not only does her article indicate we are on the brink of a mental health crisis, but we are also one the brink of a shift in basic human behavior. Before now, humans have never willingly spent such large amounts of time doing activities that leave them unhappy, unfulfilled, or worse off overall. Only time will tell, but time is not a luxury we possess, a response to this technology addiction needs to be formulated

When it comes to teens using the Internet and social media applications, there are many opinions people have in regards to security, privacy, and addiction for these luxuries. It seems that every day, I see news articles, blogs, and other posts about teens and the way they use the Internet. Mainly, the concern that parents need to have in order to protect their children from being personally identified or having an addiction to apps like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. When reading this book, I found that this whole concept of teens using this type of network goes deeper than people may think.

Therefore, it is clearly that online communication strongly correlated to the cyberbullying, and this indicate that the internet is creating a generation of anti-social youth. On the other hand, Tartari (2015) pointed that the internet has positive side, for example, the social media platform enables young people to communicate and sharing information and knowledge with others. Young people can get benefits from the process of communication, such as, it develops their communication skills and socialization process, and they can share their emotions with their friends during the process of communication, it positively enhanced their relationship. In addition, Tartari (2015) interviewed teenagers who regularly use social media between 11 and 16 years old in Albania, and Tartari found that the use of social media positively increased teenagers’ communication abilities and technical skills. On the contrary, Goff (2011) indicated the dangers of cyberbullying via the internet in Australian schools, and Goff gives an example to illustrate this point. A group of year 9 boys decide to play a joke on one of the girls in their class, the boys communicate with the girl via the internet and one of them speaks to the girl weekly over the phone, however, the boys finally decide to end this joke and they tell a lie to the girl which is the boy has passed away. While the girl realised that it was a joke, she is humiliated. Hence, it is

Many parents let their teens have social media accounts but do they really know what's going on? I think internet use for teens at a young age can be used in wrong ways that can later harm them in the future.

The internet is a place where information is shared between millions of people, and once this information is on the internet, it stays there. This brings about great concern for a lot of people, considering a good amount of private information is on the internet due to social media. The information that is now on the internet was not accessible to the public before. Today, with teenagers using the internet to connect with friends and share their life, the concern of privacy is growing. Social Media Privacy is a broad term, however the question remains: Will this information get into the hands of the wrong people? Teenagers use the internet more than any other age group, and with every minute more information is collected on them. Information such as one’s location or their favorite hang out spots can seem like unimportant insight but it can create some major risks. With so much information being gathered from teenagers, the public is becoming increasingly concerned for sexual predator attacks, and with more social media platforms, it will be harder than ever for parents to protect their children.

Many parents believe that it is their duty to control the lives of their teens. Others may give teens more freedoms, which gives them more decisions to make, such as who they want to date. The play Romeo and Juliet is a fabulous example of this. Many real-life examples also prove that parents should mentor their teen and keep a close eye on what the teen is up to. Brain research also shows that teens need some guidance. Some people may believe that parents shouldn’t be able to prevent their teen from dating certain people, but I believe that under many circumstances parents should prevent teens from dating certain people.

In modern times, technology is the most important object in people’s daily life. Social networks is experiencing explosive development. No matter where we are, park, restaurant, classroom, or coffee house, almost everyone bows their head and plays cell phones, smart phones, or laptops. New technologies have been becoming more and more popular, at the same time, immeasurable people are using these new technologies. It is the most normal scene that people holds their devices and has no communication with others. Some people would say that these new technologies have positively transformed communication mode so that modern people prefer talking on the internet instead of face to face. That was a very popular statement at the beginning of 21st century. However, with time goes by, one of the new technologies—social networking— has begun to show a dark side. Although using different kinds of smart devices like iPhone, laptop, and tablet PC to log into social network is not inherently bad, some young people have been abusing this technology. It is so called troubling trend of social networks usage that needs to be focused on and solved. Indeed, parents can use some soft wares to control their child’s usage of social networking sites, another more powerful way is the law enforcement, the best solution to this troubling trend is let students take

Online safety has become an issue as the internet is available to a much younger user. Mobile phones, iPods and other devices mean kids are online most of the day There is online crime and the kids are exposed to this, which is a problem for them as their discretion is not mature enough. Unfiltered foul and abbreviated language is being projected into the younger generation causing them to use these terms in school, this is ‘tacky’. Many educators are worried as the informal communications common to online chatting is becoming an issue by itself. Teachers believe pupils don't spend nearly enough time on their homework as they should - and 73 per cent believe parents should take responsibility and limit the amount of time their child is spending online.

If you have been around any teenagers or have any teenagers then you know that sex is on their mind. When sex is on the teenagers’ mind so is the thought of birth control. Many teenagers start to worry how they can get birth control or how they are going to as their parents to get on birth control. When I was growing up I had a close relationship with my parents especially my mom. When I was ready to be put on birth control I just had a conversation with my mom about how I would like to be put on birth control pills. After my mom and I had that conversation she called the doctor’s office and got me in to see the doctor. In my own personal experience, this was no big deal. I talked to my mom and then got birth control pills. I knew many other teenagers that they could not just go up and talk to their parents the way I had. I was shocked when some of my friends said that if they asked their parents for birth control that they would either be grounded or kicked out of the house. With all the controversy on the birth control issues I have decided to pursue the question, Should teenage girls be required to get their parents’ consent before getting birth control? This question needs to be researched because this is a subject that is a problem not only for a teenager but also for their parents. I would think that parents would want to know if their teen is using birth control.

“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world, but a world lives in you.”- Fredrick Buechner. In today’s world there seems to be many problems between teens and their families. There are key factors in these tensions such as parental divorce, technology, depression, and so many other issues. It can be very difficult for teenagers to relate to their families and vice versa. It is important for a teen to grow up in an environment where they feel loved and supported. These are the years where young adults begin to find out who they are and what they believe in. This means that families have to work hard to keep their teens involved with them. The five ways to improve a teens home life are: patience, communication, respect, trust, and spending quality time together.

For such a long time, physical bullying has been the largest problem schools and parents had to face with their children, but now another form of bullying has arisen; cyber bullying. In society today, teens are drawn cell phones, laptops, and other technological advancements. Social media is a way for many teens and adolescents to interact with one another and share countless happenings of their personal lives. Cyber bullying occurs when individuals use the internet to send or comment cruel and unnecessary messages to another. In its various forms cyber bullying includes, indirect and direct harassment, posting inappropriate pictures, impersonating another being, or just being plain cruel. Although anyone can become a victim of cyber bullying, improper use of the internet can further induce harassment, due to the adolescents desire to use modern day technologies. The harassers could be classmates, online “friends’’, or anonymous users. One barrier that is difficult to overcome is determining who is responsible for the attacks online, because many bullies hide behind fake usernames or profiles to protect their real identity, which is commonly known as “hiding behind a screen”. (Bonanno 2013). The motives for a cyber-bully are never clear, some might say