Description Read: "Growing up Tethered" Watch: Why is Your Phone Making You Sad? It is scary how ...

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Description Read: "Growing up Tethered" Watch: Why is Your Phone Making You Sad? It is scary how addicted we are to our phones.  There have been so many studies looking into how using our phones and being "tethered" to it can negatively affect our mental health. For this discussion, I want you to reflect on your own cell phone usage.  Do you use it for work, school, etc.?  Do you find yourself using it for recreational use, like mentioned in the video?  Figure it out and answer the question - can you live without your phone for a long period of time?  Why or why not?  What is it about your phone that you like the best and keep you coming back?  Please note: we do live in a world where our phones are linked to school (Bb for one) and our jobs.  It is understandable that you need you phone for these settings this day and age, but I want you to think about phone use for other things, like mentioned in both the video and in Turkle.