{"id":26,"date":"2016-12-19T19:47:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T19:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssppit.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/19\/2016-12-19-s2-episode-4-concerns-about-teens-and-phones-unwrapped\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T19:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:38:33","slug":"s2e4-concerns-about-teens-and-phones-unwrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waysandmeansshow.org\/2016\/12\/19\/s2e4-concerns-about-teens-and-phones-unwrapped\/","title":{"rendered":"S2 Episode 4: 7 Concerns About Teens and Phones, Unwrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ninety percent of adolescents in the U.S. now either own or can access a mobile phone with the internet. Parents worry about how much time teens spend with their devices — and it is a lot. Teens look at screens an unprecedented eight hours a day and cell phones are a major part of that; a quarter of teens say they are online almost constantly.<\/p>\n

On this episode we look at seven major concerns parents have about teens and their mobile devices and whether those concerns are justified.<\/p>\n