Dear Teentalker,
Thank you for reaching out and sharing your concerns.
The digital era we live in has been a blessing of sorts and yet it has given rise to a new set of relationship related issues.
Internet, technology, Social Media and particularly Whatsapp has become an integral part of everyone's lives. So, when you are used to communicating with your friends and family through Whatsapp; to not have access to it all of a sudden can certainly feel disappointing and of course, shocking!!!
However, here are a few things you might want to think through and try to understand the reason why your par.....
Dear Teentalker,
Thank you for reaching out and sharing your concerns.
The digital era we live in has been a blessing of sorts and yet it has given rise to a new set of relationship related issues.
Internet, technology, Social Media and particularly Whatsapp has become an integral part of everyone's lives. So, when you are used to communicating with your friends and family through Whatsapp; to not have access to it all of a sudden can certainly feel disappointing and of course, shocking!!!
However, here are a few things you might want to think through and try to understand the reason why your parents feel the way they do about your Whatsapp usage:
- Have they seen you communicating with your friends through Whatsapp?
- Have they seen you share images and posts with others through this medium? If yes, then what was their reaction?
- Have they conveyed to you either directly or indirectly what behaviour with regards to your technology usage is appropriate and what is inappropriate?
Perhaps, reflecting through these questions and then writing down answers to the same might be of some help!
In the meantime, I would also request you to reflect and make a note of the following:
- Advantages of using WhatsApp
- Advantages of not using WhatsApp
- Disadvantages of using WhatsApp
- Disadvantages of not using WhatsApp
In the meantime, please read through the following articles in order to get some additional clarifications:
- 5 things you can say to your strict desi parents
- How parents can help their kids to reach academic goal
Hope this helps, if you have any other query do connect online for chat between 11am-8pm or drop us an offline message.
Regards,
Expert Teentalk India
