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What is one claim in the article?

• Teens use a wide variety of technology to communicate.

• Teens spend too much time using technology devices.

• Parents should use technology to monitor their teens' online behavior and electronic communications in order to protect them.

What is the counterclaim?

• Parents using technology to monitor their teens is an invasion of privacy.

• Parents know less about technology than their teenagers.

• Parents should encourage their teens to learn more about technology.

Which claim does this information support?

But unlike previous generations of teens, who were exposed to potential threats when they left the house, teenagers today spend much of their time online, which has its own dangers. Parents say that online monitoring is an effort to prevent teens from interacting with strangers or being exposed to inappropriate content.

• Parents should monitor their teens online in order to keep them safe.

• Parents using technology to monitor their teens is an invasion of privacy.

Which claim does this information support?

Whatever the parents' intentions, teens may feel that they are being spied on or that they are not trusted to make wise decisions. This can lead to resentment. Some also argue that teens are at a stage of life when parents need to start allowing them to exercise some independence.

• Parents should monitor their teens online in order to keep them safe.

• Parents using technology to monitor their teens is an invasion of privacy.

Why does the author include this evidence? Choose THREE

In 2014 and 2015, the Pew Research Center conducted a survey in which parents of 13- to 17-year-olds were asked about their monitoring habits. Only 39 percent of parents in the survey said they used parental controls to block or monitor the content their teens access. Just 16 percent of participating parents said that they used cell phone tools to keep track of their teens' whereabouts. But other measures were more common. Sixty-one percent of the parents said they had checked which websites their teens visited (by looking at the teens' browser histories, for example). Forty-eight percent said they had looked through their teens' phone call data or text messages. Forty-eight percent said they knew the passwords to their teens' e-mail accounts. And 43 percent said they knew the passcodes to their teens' cell phones.

• To provide statistical data on how parents use technology to monitor their teens

• To provide a definition of spying

• To show that in most cases, less than half of the parents were using technology to monitor their teen

• To give examples of how parents are using technology to monitor their teens

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What effect does this evidence have on the text?

Anything that is posted on the Internet—even if it's eventually deleted by the original poster—may be saved by anyone who sees it. In a sense, it's permanent. And it may be viewed by school administrators, college admissions officials, and others who are in a position to influence teens' futures. Yet, some teens still post photos or status updates that may reflect poorly on them. The mere fact that they do this, some parents say, indicates they do not understand the lasting nature of online content.

• It provides a reason that using technology to monitor teens is an invasion of privacy.

• It is an example of a false statement.

• It is not relevant to the argument.

• It provides a reason that parents should use technology to monitor their teens

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What effect does this evidence have on the text? Choose TWO

It's not clear whether parents are even aware of all their teens' online activities. Some teens may have social media accounts that they hide from their parents. In 2017, Common Sense Media conducted a survey in which it asked teens and parents about the teens' social media habits. Only 30 percent of the teens said their parents were "extremely" or "very aware" of what they do online. By comparison, 52 percent of parents believed they were very aware of their kids' web activity.

• To tell an anecdote or story about monitoring teens online

• To point out the logical fallacy that parents can monitor all of their teens' online activities.

• To give statistical data to support the idea that parents cannot monitor all online activity

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Why does the author include this information? Choose THREE

Dr. Devorah Heitner, author of the book Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World, says there is an alternative to monitoring. Heitner suggests mentoring teens in their use of technology. This includes talking to them about how and why they plan to use apps and other digital tools, as well as regularly communicating with them about their online and offline lives. If parents do choose to monitor, she says, they should talk with their kids first and let them know about it. That way, if parents observe anything worrisome, they can more easily communicate their concerns to their teens.

• To provide an expert opinion

• To provide an alternate solution to monitoring teens online

• To persuade people to buy the book Screenwise

• To provide a definition of mentoring teens in technology use

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What implicit values and beliefs are revealed through the author's argument? Choose TWO

• Parents monitor their teens online because they care about them

• Teens should be restricted to only a few online activities

• Teens have a right to some independence

• Parents should be less involved with their teens