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Digital Grounding – Kids and Teens Get Digital Punishment for the Digital Age

Once upon a time, kids didn’t carry cell phones and smart phones. Texting didn’t exist, and telephone calls were made on analog phones which teens would tie up for hours on end. That has all changed with the advent of the electronic society, and with it, the methods of punishing children and teens have also changed. Now kids who misbehave have such activities as “screen time” and “texting privileges” removed. That’s right, we are living in an age of digital grounding – where instead of being literally grounded from going places, kids are having their electronic gadgets removed or their use of them restricted.