It has been a long time coming, but the phone call is outdated. For decades the phone was the best and fastest way to communicate. It was a simple line from one house to the next. Now the phone call is a thing of the past. It’s become an inconvenience. Technology has moved so rapidly, and so efficiently, that the phone call is no longer as useful.

This statement is especially true for the younger generation. Teens are no longer communicating with each through a phone call. What was once a rite of passage that teens would begin spending countless hours on the phone, is now a problem where teens will spend countless hours on their phone.

The issue is just as severe, if not worse, for teens who are preoccupied with their phones. Teens are spending an excessive amount of time throughout the day talking to others on their phone. They text, video chat and instant message all day creating a real problem for teens and parents.

The issue with the growth in the way that the world communicates is keeping children immersion in it to a minimum. Parents, who already have to monitor kids more and more these days are finding that it’s almost impossible to control their texting and instant messaging habits.

For many parents the idea is to make strict guidelines and ground rules for the teen from the moment that the cell phone is purchased. Parents often require their children to give up their cell phone during times designated for study, meals and sleep. The key is make these rules are implemented as a condition of getting the phone. Allowing their to be any lapse in time will allow further bad habits to set in and make it that much harder to break later on. Parents will continue to face challenges for curbing the use of cell phones.