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Evolving Technology - Vice or good to teens

The December school holiday is here. Almost all parents had this similar question on their mind as soon as the holiday dates were released. Two months is not a short time to have young energetic teens with raging hormones at home. The economy has evolved greatly and for this fact very few parents are home to stay with the teens and help guide, if not monitor what they do during the day. Due to continued (understandably )absence of parents, performance-based education systems and uncontrolled media exposure, most youth are ignorant of the consequences of their behaviors. They lack parental guidance, instruction and proper mentorship as they grow up. This makes them seek answers from fellow inexperienced youth when faced with any social or emotional challenges. There's a lot of negative social exposure that has been greatly boosted by the rapid advancement in technology and an increased use of the internet. I didn't know how to make a simple phone call from a very basic cell