Modern Parents Essay

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Modern Parents 77% of modern parents use technology to communicate with their children. “We modern moms and dads are not only expected to make sure our kids are perfectly nourished, endlessly enriched, and absolutely safe at all times: now, with cell phones and pagers, we are also supposed to be instantly reachable and immediately responsive....” This is the working mother’s point of view, quoted by the prompt. About a week ago, my friend and I went to the mall and on our way we saw a building on fire. My friend wanted to call her parents, but I thought we should call the fire department. Teenagers like my friend and I shouldn’t have to rely on just our parents, but somebody else. Parents shouldn’t have to mobilize every second of their child’s life. I believe we can learn right from wrong on our own and feel like our own person. “ We cannot and should not orchestrate every moment in our children’s life for them--partly because the effort turns out to be futile, but more importantly because it prevents our kids from learning skills they need to succeed in the real world.” As a teenager’s point of view, I would prefer that my parents let me make my decisions. But being a teenager, I know that won’t happen. But having your parent’s help you make good decisions and be by your side when you make the bad decision isn’t all that bad. Technology has made it a lot easier for parents to get connected to there children. Now when there is a problem parents are immediately contacted. When a parent becomes unreachable people begin to think they’re irresponsible. “ The school nurse has taken me to task for not being immediately accessible, and my kids—who live in a world where gratification has become the nor--complain about my intermittent unreachability.” My opinion for this quote is that the nurse should have minded her own business. She’s not in the same situation as
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