Sony Ericsson’s advertisement for their cell phones go, “Making Life Simpler”. Yes, cell phones indeed have made life simpler and easier for the Filipino youth. The features of cell phones have advanced over the years, which have made the once hip pager obsolete for the Filipino youth. One could find a camera, video recorder, radio, Internet, and games on this contraption. Cell pho

Although cell phones seem to be the ideal device for simplicity and connectedness, nothing is perfect. Therefore, nothing is without some negative effects. Such negative effects of cell phones on the youth are their addiction and no self- control in owning a cell phone. The tendency is that teens would save up their allowance to purchase the latest and most expensive phone models, or to buy load from their obsessive calling and texting is just one of them. In some scenarios the addiction has become so corrupted that teens would steal from others in obtaining a cell phone. Because SMS has become such a trend, teens would text everywhere. There have even been some accounts of teens having the ability of texting in their sleep! The places and times of how teens use their phones are imaginable. But teens are somewhat blinded that this obsession can be or is a distraction and disrespectful to others. There have been numerous cases of car accidents by reckless teen drivers being distracted cause they were talking on their cell phones, and strict regulations implemented by schools not to use them during class hours, because it is an interference and hindrance to students who are trying to concentrate. In other words, teens do not know the proper time and place in using their phones. Adolescents also per

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