A Teenagers Dependency on Technology

My environmental pictures are about a teenager’s dependency on technology.  I followed my fiancée’s teenage daughter, Cynthia, for a day only to discover how extraordinary that she cannot go two minutes without using her phone to text and “Facebook” her friends.  I asked her if she could go a whole day without looking at it and she said no.

She woke at 6am for school and within 10 minutes she was on the phone gossiping or texting someone.  Who in their right mind does that at 6am?!?!  Before we even got out the door, she was on Facebook.  To and from school, the phone was in her hand ready for a quick reply when needed.  After school, Cynthia stopped at a friend’s house for a bit where she actually put down the phone only to pick up a guitar and play rock band.  When we got home, while laying in bed she can be seen and heard communicating via her phone.

Even when Cynthia had the computer to do homework, the phone was in constant use.  Only when she fell asleep studying did the phone get put down.  Funny enough, just after I took the picture of her sleeping, the phone buzzed and still half asleep, Cynthia replied then went back to sleep.  In the evening while still watching TV, the noise of her fingers pressing the buttons on the phone continued until it was time to sleep.

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229 Responses to A Teenagers Dependency on Technology

  1. kimberly ng says:

    although some of the pictures look a little posed, the situations that are portrayed are very realistic. I know many people who are glued to their cell phones, ipods and computers. Overall I really enjoyed living a day in the life of your sister’s life.

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