In America today, our culture seemingly promotes teenagers not growing up. This is most evident in the ornament of teen culture - cell phones. A current ad, touting it's minutes package, has the teenage girl saying "so I can talk all I want" with the father chiming in with "exploding no heads" - referring to the amount on the bill.
Teens should pay their portion of cell phone bills (and other expenses, like car payments & insurance) and especially overage rates that they incur. Without these seemingly trivial expenditures, adolescents will not learn the costs of life. These steps are present to help mature into full adulthood slowly, taking on more and more responsibility as they move forward through life. If our culture continues on insisting that parents shield their children from every obligation and responsibility we will find the new generation suddenly thrown into the world without adequate preparation. How then will they succeed?
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