Confessions of a ‘phone zombie’

Alyson: Parental restrictions do not always achieve what they set out to do.

A MOBILE phone quite literally serves as a teenager’s lifeline.

It provides a platform where we can connect with family and friends from all over the globe and make use of just about everything on it: video games, educational apps, personal digital assistants, social media, online shopping websites, fun camera filters – you name it.