Technology has teenagers and parents talking

TECHNOLOGY HAS TEENAGERS AND PARENTS TALKING
[SOURCE: Reuters]
Families may not sit around a table together for a meal as much anymore, but High-Tech" parents are now communicating much better with their teenagers and giving them more freedom, says child psychologist Richard Woolfson. "Now we have today's high-tech family where family communication takes place by email, internet, webcam and mobile phone as well as face-to-face of course," he said. That has another beneficial side-effect, Woolfson said in his survey for the T-Mobile phone company. Parents are now able to contact their kids much more easily and children have become more confident and communicative. "This means that parents are less worried about their children's safety because they feel reassured," Woolfson said. And the generation gap is not suffering. "Even grandma and grandpa have entered the world of cyber space to keep close contact with their children and grandchildren, all of which can only be good news for everyone," Woolfson concluded.
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL2883732020070929