Those phone crazy teens

THOSE PhoneCrazy TEENS Everyone knows teens are wild for their phones (75% of 12- 17-year-olds have them!), but how are parents coping? We looked at mobile phone usage data from our network of Safely users to show the true story of the new mobile craze. KIDS TEXT A TON 2,108 AVERAGE # OF TEXTS KIDS SENT/RECEIVED PER MONTH WORDS TEXTED EACH YEAR @22 556,512 WORDS PER TEXT WAR APP ATTACK - &- OR PEACE 11 APP DOWNLOADS ON AVERAGE PER MONTH TWILIGHT- 1 COPY OF THE CLASSIC (GINORMOUS) 1392-PAGE RUSSIAN NOVEL THAT'S ABOUT WAR AND PEACE TROUBLIN' TRENDS -OR- 4.7 COPIES OF THE FIRST BOOK IN STEPHENIE MEYER'S TWILIGHT SAGA 65% 3,2,1...CONTACT SENT A TEXT MESSAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 6.5 NEW CONTACTS PER MONTH 70% RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM SOMEONE WHO WASN'T IN THEIR CONTACTS IF THEY GET THEIR PHONE WHEN THEY'RE 12, THEY'LL HAVE OVER 450 PHONE NUMBERS IN THEIR ADDRESS BOOK BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL TEEN TALK TIME 69% 835 RECEIVED A CALL FROM SOMEONE WHO WASN'T IN THEIR CONTACTS MINUTES PER MONTH 63% 15 CALLS PER DAY THAT'S ABOUT SENT TEXT MESSAGES DURING SCHOOL THE AVERAGE LOCAL PHONE CALL IS 1.8 MINUTES How PARENTS Parents who struggle to tear kids away from their phones once in a while-like during school-have been using Safely Phone Controls to block CALLS, TEXTS, and APPS at pre-set times. KEEP MOBILE TEENS IN CHECK -WHEN PARENTS LOCK KIDS' PHONES- 34% 31% LATE AT NIGHT 24% DURING SCHOOL INSTANTLY OMG 52% 80% 52% HAVE SEARCHED THEIR KID'S TEXTING HISTORY & THEY DO IT AN AVERAGE OF 5 TIMES PER MONTH. CREATED ALERTS THAT HAVE LOOKED THROUGH THEIR KIDS' ADDRESS BOOK & THEY AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFY THEM ABOUT THEIR KID'S TEXTING & DO IT 6 TIMES A MONTH CALLING HABITS. 3,500,000 OVER NOTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN SENT BY SAFELY, SO FAR From the Safely family OUTSIDE SOURCES: PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT www.CTIA.ORG www.safely.com