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It was not so long ago that parents drove a teenager to campus, said a tearful goodbye and returned back home to wait a week or so for a phone call to the dorm.(1)____(2)____ Mom or Dad, in turn, might write letters-yes,with pens.On stationary.(3)____ But going to college these days means never have to say goodbye, thanks to near-saturation of cellphones, email, instant messaging, texting, Facebook and Skype.(4)____ Researchers are looking at how new technology may be delaying the point which college-bound students truly become independent from their parents, and how phenomena such as the introduction of unlimited calling plans have changed the nature of parent-child relationships, and not always for the better.(5)____
Some research suggests that today's young adults are close to their parents than their predecessors.(6)____ And it's complicated Sherry Turkle, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose specialty is technology and relationships, calls this a particular sort of "Huck Finn moment," in which Huck "takes her parents with him. We all sail down Mississippi together." (7)____(8)____(9)____ From the electronic grade monitoring many high schools offer parents, it seems a small leap to keep electronic track of their (adult) children' s schedules or to send reminders about deadlines or assignments. Professors have figured out that some kids are emailing papers home to parents to edit.(10)____ And Skype and Facebook might be more than just chances to see a face that's missed at home; parents can peer into their little darling's messy dorm room or his messy social life.
