Don't ground teens, confiscate their phones

[silver_corolla]

May 06 2005 at 12:45PM

Seoul - Parents looking to grab a teenager's attention with a stiff punishment should confiscate their cellphone.

A study by a top South Korean advertising firm shows that a cellphone is one of a Korean teenager's most prized possessions.

Among 13- to 15-year-olds, 77.5 percent said a cellphone was a "must-have" item, while for those aged 16 to 18 the figure was 76.7 percent, the Cheil Communications survey showed.

"Cellphones are the key to a teenager's social network," said Andy Joohyun Lee, senior researcher at Cheil Communications' Brand Marketing Institute.

Teenagers in Internet-savvy South Korea said they would feel helpless without a phone, making it impossible to keep in touch with friends and send them text messages and pictures.

The ad agency surveyed 800 consumers in the Seoul area aged between 13 and 49. Three of every four South Koreans have a cellphone.

[baurtwellXUV]

mas ok nga yan! lalo na kung adik sila sa text and calls. get their fones... hahaha! magmumukmok yan mga yan! ganyan nangyari sa sister ko....kawawa nga eh

[ILuvDetailing]

Hehehe... tama! Specially here in the Phils. mawala na ang lahat wag lang cellphone

[Renelmac]

ang sakit nga nyan hindi talaga masyado masakit mawala yung cell, ang maskit is yung mga contacts..heheheh..wired na talaga mundo natin ...

[baurtwellXUV]

nakakabuang ang mundo...

[baiskee]

samantalang dati ok lang kahit walang cell...ngayon maloloko ka na pag wala kang cell..

bat kaya ganun? :D

[theveed]

hehe dati landline ang hanap mo

[BlueBimmer]

confiscate celfons n disconnect internet access/disable modem hahaha iiyak mga yan

[mhelskie]

tama! magandang parusa nga yan hehehe

[ts1n1ta]

ako naman kahit kunin cellphone k lang. wag lang ang pc ko! oh hindeh!

hmm tingnan mo nga naman noh? When i was a kid ang pinakaparusa lang was grounded sa lahat. (tv, telepono, afternoon tambay sa mga kapitbahay). Ngayon may paconfi-confiscate na.

[van_wilder]

ako payag na confiscate cellphone, pc, landline, lahat!








pero sa bahay nanamin matutulog yun chick! ehhehehehehe

[kiper]

Van..aprub ako jan!!


Iba na talaga generation ngayon..more gadgets..more problems!!

[non-vtec]

buti na lang hindi na ako teenager. hehehe.

[GlennSter]

ok lang..back to my old pager...herhehrehrehr

wala na yatang pager service ngyaon..gergegrer

[odell]

talagang effective yan.. walang mga cellphones ang mga siblings ko pag pasukan :D

[empy]

hehe...para sa mas bata, ps2, xbox, gameboy o psp naman :D

[rhops]

meron nga me nabasa na article na it depends sa bata o teens. Kung you will ground them tapos ang buhay nila revolves around TV, PC gaming etc. di parang bakasyon grande sila hehehe. mas gugustuhin pa nilang ma ground Baliktarin mo kaya pag nagkamali kailangan makisalamuha sila using conventional means, ano kaya mangyayari? Ang wierd na din ng panahon ngayon

[Bud_wiser]

Iba na mga bata ngayon. When I was a kid, the worst thing my parents could have done to punish me was to ground me and take away my bicycle. Back then, wala pang PCs and game consoles. Games were done outdoors. And in high school you had to cultivate the fine art of conversation, kasi wala pang cellphone back then and if you really liked a girl, you had to come up to her and talk to her. Ngayon, TTNL (text text na lang)

[empy]

in high school you had to cultivate the fine art of conversation, kasi wala pang cellphone back then and if you really liked a girl, you had to come up to her and talk to her. Ngayon, TTNL (text text na lang)

advantage yan para sa mga pangit...you get a chance to wow her with your personality. noon, first sight pa lang talo ka na :bwahaha:

[baurtwellXUV]

TTNL - ayus yan ah! hehehe!!!

iba n ngayon panahon. ngayon dapat mas maganda ang cell mo.. balik nalng ng pagers!? meron pa ba nun?!