Doctors and parents are getting concerned with the amount of technology affects their teen's lives. Cell Phones, Lap-tops, Facebook, Myspace, are all keeping teenagers awake, when they should be asleep. Texting numbers have dramatically increased since 2007, and the numbers can only get worse. What teenagers don't know is that sleep diprivation (texting at night, when they should be sleeping), is linked to memory and concentration problems, depression and anxiety, and all that "good" stuff. Parents are starting to set limits on how many texts a teen sends during the day, and turning off the phone at night.
I've never really thought about how much texting I do. I do turn my phone off at night, and I do get a good eight hours of sleep, but that's not enough. A teen should get 9-10 hours of sleep every night. Texting at ten o'clock probably isn't a very good idea, but we're all addicted.
Turning my phone off an hour earlier would be a good idea, and sending less texts would also help. If depression and memory problems are consequences, I think we should all start doing what our parents wanted us to do a long time ago, text less.
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