Parents ‘fuelling’ teen addictions

Teenagers may face a lifelong struggle with addiction because of their perpetual use of modern technology — and parents are helping them maintain the habit.

As many as 83% of UK teenagers would struggle to give up vices such as texting, drinking alcohol, and using social media for a month according to a report out today.

When asked which behaviours they could abstain from, young people said they would most struggle to live without texting (66%), followed by social networking (58%), junk food (28%), and alcohol (6%).