For my solo current event, I went to MSNBC.com and found an article entitled “Sex, drugs more common in hyper-texting teens,” written by Mike Stobbe. The article was about how in a recent study, there has been a correlation that teens who text a lot are more likely to use drugs and have sex. When I presented this to the class we got a pretty good discussion going. I had asked them why they thought there is this correlation and if it is due to bad parenting or if it is just a generational thing. Many considered it to be generational because teens today are constantly connected to people, whether by phone or online, thus making it easier to get in touch with people who are bad influences. For the people who thought it was due to bad parenting, they brought up the dilemma of whether they have the right to go through their child’s phone. Some students felt it would be an invasion of privacy and decrease their trust in their parents, while others felt that if parents are paying for their kid to use the phone then they have the right to look through it if they wish. I would have to say both points are valid in their own way.
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