As the bell rings, mod after mod, teens pull out their phones to see what they might have missed in the last 35 minutes they've been technology deprived. People surround them, but they still have a desire to feel connected and have a conversation through technology. Without their laptops, cell phones, and countless other devices that contribute to internet addiction, teens feel helpless as they have become entirely dependent on technology. It surrounds us every second of the day. We wake up to look at our new text messages, constantly refresh Twitter every chance we get, and have even started the trend of simply staring at a lit screen just because it helps us feel less alone. However, this trend is causing a problem among today's teenagers. The fact that teenagers still feel the need to be connected has become a concerning issue that educators and parents have begun to address. Adolescents must be taught to be able to disconnect from our extreme dependence on the technological world due to the negative impact it leaves on students' grades, the deterioration of family relationships and the lack of social skills that adolescents possess. adolescents when an Internet addiction manifests itself. When the Internet began in 1957, no one knew what it would evolve into (Electronic Age 4). No one would have imagined that the ability to search for information and have constant communication with others would be the most important hobby just 57 years later. In the 2000s, time spent on the Internet exploded, leading parents to neglect time with their children and students to forget to make time for homework. The social media uprising when Facebook and MySpac...... middle of paper ......harmful networking sites? Ed. Stefan Kiesbye. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2011. At issue. Rep. Excerpted from “New Discovery: Teenagers Actually Benefit from Spending Too Much Time Online.” PC1news.com. 2008. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Internet. March 12, 2014. “Internet Addiction Is Life-Threatening.” Africa News Service, March 3, 2013. Opposing views in context. Internet. March 29, 2014. “Internet and the electronic age.” Electronic America. Stéphane Meyer. 2011 ed. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Information Plus Reference Series. Opposing viewpoints in context. Internet. March 29, 2014. “Technology harms social skills. » SUU News." SUU News. Southern Utah University Student Media, January 16, 2013. Web. April 1, 2014. Whyte, Sarah. "Children Addicted to Screens May Have Newer Mental Illness." Sun-Herald [Sydney, Australia ] September 30, 2012: 4. Opposing points of view in a web context.. 2014.