The Importance Of Teen Privacy

Counter argument outline
I. Introduction:
Nowadays, Teenager’s life is completely different than before. Teens need privacy and to spend time alone which doesn’t mean that they are doing something wrong to hide, Parents should trust and respect them. When there parents were teens they didn’t have Smart phones that connects you with the whole world through internet as they weren’t invented. They think censorship is the solution for this problem. Actually, Teenagers need some privacy not complete privacy, as they also want to feel cared and loved. If one of the parents caught spying on his child, he will lose all their trust. So, censorship or spying isn’t the best choice to keep your child safe.

II. Common ground:
In the article, there are

A. “Teens don’t have any right to keep their messages private”
As human development specialist Kelly warzinik said that teens need some privacy and to spend time alone which doesn’t mean that they are doing something wrong to hide or to be ashamed of (childmag.co).

B. “Hanging out on the streets is safer than surfing the internet”
Streets aren’t safe as mentioned in the article; they are more dangerous than using the internet. The result of Gallup’s crime survey in 2014, found that 37%, of U.S. adults say they would not feel safe walking alone near their home at night. By gender, 45%, of women said they do not feel safe walking alone at night, compared with 27% of men (gallup.com)

IV. Weak evidence:
Throughout the article we noticed the lack of evidence or using researched without mentioning it is trusted or not.
A. “Only 30% of parents claim to know their children’s internet slang”. She didn’t mention the source of this research whether it is trustworthy or not. To know the meaning of any slang that teens use in chat rooms is not that hard anymore as there are several translators and dictionaries to help parents to know the meaning of these slangs as noslang.com, teenchatdecoder.com