Brittany Titus
Round Table reporter
The teenager glanced down at her pocket, feeling a vibration from her phone. Flipping the screen open, she saw that she had just received a text message. Excitement ran through her body as she realized it was from her latest crush.
Teenagers these days are considered obsessed with their cell phones, taking them everywhere so they don’t miss a single text.
A study was shown that children and teenagers ages 8-18 are spending more than 7 and 1/2 hours a day with their cell phones. Whether it is talking on the phone or texting, these numbers are ridiculous.
It was also said that these same teenagers sleep with their phones next to them in bed, late at night, waiting for a text message to be received.
Because of lack of sleep, teenagers are tired during the day at school, which affects their grades.
The study showed that teenagers who spent less time on their phone got better grades than teenagers who spend the night texting.
The study also said that the teenagers who spend sixteen hours a day with their phone receive grades of C or lower in school.
What could these teenagers possibly do on their phone for sixteen hours during the day?
Because of the new iTouch phone and other devices, one can have applications such as surfing the Internet, playing games, texting, or watching videos, all from a cell phone.
Because children use their phones so much, they don’t have time to do their homework or even spend time with their family or friends. Children and teenagers have become so obsessed with their phones that they use them as if their life depended on it.
In order to stop this preposterous behavior, parents should be advised to take their children’s phones at night and limit them to talking on the phone and texting.
My parents used to take my phone at night so I wouldn’t text until they trusted me to not do it behind their backs.
But one rule that still stands today is that I may not text during dinner time. Dinner is one place where a family is together, and that time should be reserved for the family and not one’s boyfriend or best friend.
Parents could also be advised to put a limit on their child’s texting amount instead of having “unlimited text messaging.” They could even limit the same with minutes on their phone for calling.
If you are someone who acts like this, do yourself a favor. Good grades get you into college, not how many texts a minute you can send to your best friend.
