Mobile and The Teenage Mind

The word Mobile seems to bring about a rush of adrenaline in many teenagers and the words 'Mobile and the Teenage Mind' seem to bring about the thoughts of peer pressure to every parent. Not to mention a very long phone bill.

Mobile phones have become a part of our lives. They have somehow woven themselves into our thoughts, our actions just like other forms of technology and like most forms of technology, they have mostly affected the teenage crowd. They have attacked the vulnerable adolescent hormones, almost destroyed conventional forms of communication and have totally revolutionized our lives. The effects are positive and negative. Of course, every coin has two sides.

Cell phones have become a necessity. Ads on TV, on how everyone can afford a mobile, seem to pop up every now and then. As a necessity, they are fine. As an addiction, they are not.

To top all the negative effects, recent scientific studies have proven that mobiles adversely affect the brain. But again back to that potentially lethal word-peer pressure. For adolescents, impressing peers is obviously more important than a future full of brain tumours.

Parents should be blamed the most. Today’s world for some reason thinks that money can buy love and consequently spoil their children by gifting them with a new mobile every birthday from age twelve.

Unfortunately, the damage done is too deep to be undone. We can only wait and see what new form of energy comes out to take over the minds and lives of all of us. The world has truly been taken over by little rectangular pieces of plastic and all that we can do is watch.