Canadian Family, April 2006
Why your teen should have a cellphone
by Sharon Oosthoek
Is your teen constantly moping about not having a cellphone, laying it on thick with the everybody-else-has-one sob stories? Wendy Wright’s 16-year-old daughter, Colette, campaigned for a cellphone for two years before the Toronto mom finally gave in. Today, she reluctantly admits the phone has actually been good for both of them. “[Getting] it coincided with her first year of high school. Now that she’s going out more, she can call me and say that she’s running late or ask which streetcar to get on. I know she can haul it out and call 911 in a flash, too,” says Wright, who – like many parents of cellphone-sporting teens – finds the extra security a comfort.