Growing Up Tethered By Sherry Turkle

Since technology has become a part of just about everyone's daily routine, so has being contact with anyone and everyone. Jeff calling dad when he has car trouble, Alison texting her best friend to see what to do with her relationship issues. These are just some of the millions things people use technology for and from the outside nothing seems wrong. But what if we didn't have phones to call parent, friends, or anyone when "help" is needed? We would have to be, think, do things on our own. I know it sounds crazy but before phones that how it was. If Jeff's dad had car trouble as a teenager he had to fix it by learning from his own dad or even from a book, he didn’t have dad a call away. Also Alison's mom couldn’t just text her friend when she was stuck on what to do at the moment about her boyfriend, she had to make the decision for herself. In Sherry
Being able to communicate with anyone anywhere at any time. Which of course comes with its negative effects on people, primarily the younger generations. Technology has a negative effect on people by not letting them learn to be alone and understand who they are themselves. With the constant access to technology everyone always has someone to talk too, which never leaves anyone to learn to be alone. Being alone helps develop our ability to solve problems without the help of anyone's opinion. When having to make a choice or dealing with an issue the persons is always what the person wants and not someone else's. In "Growing Up Tethered", Turkle