Summary Of Growing Up Tethered By Sherry Turkle

In the article Growing Up Tethered, Sherry Turkle interviews a selected choice of teenagers from different high schools. As Turkle conducts the interview she asks the students personal questions about the relationship with their phones. Some of the interviews were a little extreme and I would have to disagree with certain responses.
Turkle believes young people are constantly connected to each other. Teenagers never get to experience time on their own, including time away from their parents, and teenagers always feel the need to instant message someone about their feelings. Another one of Turkle’s belief is that the need to be connected is stressful. To decide if Turkle had made valid points, I took time to reflect on my own personal life,

I also spent a week paying attention to how many times my parents called or texted.
I received one call and three texts from my parents. I even considered asking my parents if they ever felt the need to constantly get in contact with me throughout their day. They informed me that they did not need constant reassurance unless they knew something bad was going on, or if they felt like I was in danger. I feel like Turkle could have taken into consideration of why some parents may call or text their children throughout the day. The world is a lot more exciting than what it used to be and parents being able to check on their child's safety at times is not bad.
Before I took a week to reflect on my behavior I do admit that I check social media quite often. When I constantly check social media, that is time I am wasting when I could be doing something more productive. That is where priorities and time management comes in. I proposed to valuing my time and only spending a certain amount of time on certain stuff. When checking social media takes away from going outside or spending time with family, that is when it becomes an issue. If I chose to spend only thirty minutes a day on social media and devote time to other things, that would be a better way to manage my time.
When texting I do not always feel the need to tell someone my feelings. I also do not feel the need to automatically post my feelings on social media. There are times when I would rather be talking to someone, however I do not feel that I have to. I can go a day without texting someone my feelings because there are other ways to express feelings that do not involve texting or calling.
If Turkle had interviewed me, I would have stated everyone is different and not everyone feels the need to always be on social media or texting someone. Generally, people are aware that who you are on social media is not always who you truly are because you can pretend to be what you want. Turkle's article expresses a feeling of resentment towards cell phones, not understanding the circumstances and situations in daily life.