MyNotes - Digital Grounding
Whatever works…will there be a time when the technology can’t be taken away because it’s essential to communication?
clipped from www.washingtonpost.com
Parents use ‘digital’ grounding as a 21st century disciplinary tool
By Donna St. George
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 5, 2010;
10:23 PM
In a report earlier this year that captured part of the trend, 62 percent of parents said they had taken away a cellphone as punishment, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Only after the teen’s report card arrived, showing a 3.25 average for the quarter, did Carley return her son’s cellphone and restore his Facebook privileges. “It was amazing how much better he did in school because he didn’t have the distraction,” she says.
Not so long ago, teenagers in trouble got grounded. They lost their evenings out, maybe the keys to the family car. But lately the art of family discipline has begun to reflect our digital age.
Now parents seize cellphones, shut down Facebook pages, pull the plug on PlayStation.
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