A paper published today in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking examines how cell phones help and hurt teen/parent relationships. Read the full paper, “No Crossed Wires: Cell Phone Communications in Parent-Adolescent Relationships” (pdf), or a summary from the New York Times at the link above.
Further reading at pewinternet.org:
- Report: Teens and Mobile Phones (2010)
- Resource: Teens trend charts (new)