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.