Kids these day have it so easy . In my day , if you wanted to haunt someone you had call them at rest home on a good honest-to-god - fashioned analog phone ( one fillip was the lack of caller ID and/or * 69 ) or actually break into their home plate and physically churn their pet bunny girl lapin . Boy , have times switch .
Now several news organization are reporting on a “ teen epidemic ” of “ Tech Stalking ” , a Modern twirl to date abuse the includes cyber - stalking and the utilization of text - messaging and cellphone calling to dominate , humiliate and/or chevy the young and impressionable , in most cases teen young lady .
“ Alarming number of adolescent in dating relationships are being control , abused and threatened using simple tech gimmick , ” according to Teenage Research Unlimited , which conducted the countrywide study of 615 teens 13 to 18 .

30 percentage said they ’ve been textbook message or e - mail 10 , 20 or 30 meter an minute by a collaborator wanting to check up on them .
18 percent said their partner used a social - networking web site to harass them .
17 percentage said their partner made them “ afraid not to answer to a cellphone call , e - mail , IM or text message . ”

10 percent said they had been threatened in cry or messages .
58 percentage of parents whose teenager were physically assault by their partner did not know it had come about .
disturb statistic indeed — we here at Gizmodo love gadgets too much to see them embroiled in this type of seedy and abusive behavior . Please , think of the gadgets . And of class , the child .

teen and their parents can visit the fresh set in motion site for abusive teen go out in the technical age calledLoveIsRespector call the cost - free hotline at ( 866)331 - 9474
‘ technical school ’ Stalking : Teen Epidemic[NY mail service ]
Teen Jerk ’s Obsession is 2 Die 4[NY Post ]

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