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Hi, I'm Maddy King, a *Teens* writer from Australia. I help solve *Teens* readers' 1.
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. Go ahead and ask right away!
Dear Maddy,
My mum always says I'm 2.
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my phone too much, but she's always on hers too. Every time I mention it to her, she doesn't 3.
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and says I'm just a child, not an adult. I feel very speechless. What should I do?
Linda
Hi Linda,
I understand your 4.
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. Your mum might say you're "just a child" 5.
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she uses her phone for work or housework, which she sees as more "adult". As we all know, 6.
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too much time on smartphones or computers is 7.
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for our eyes. It can make you 8.
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from the real world. She just wants to protect you from these problems, so your mum worries about your phone usage.
However, I think you and your mum should sit down and talk about this 9.
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. You may say 10.
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like, "I feel upset when I am told I'm on my phone too 11.
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. I notice we 12.
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use our phones a lot." This can help her understand 13.
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you feel.
Finally, why not suggest some family phone-free periods 14.
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? This could be during dinner or when you go on an outing together. It will surely make the 15.
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with your mother better.
Maddy
1. A. happiness
B. problems
C. questions
D. homework
2. A. to
B. at
C. in
D. on
3. A. hear
B. sound
C. listen
D. see
4. A. tasks
B. dreams
C. facts
D. feelings
5. A. because
B. if
C. until
D. so
6. A. taking
B. costing
C. paying
D. spending
7. A. useful
B. good
C. bad
D. useless
8. A. stay up
B. stay away
C. stay behind
D. stay in
9. A. sadly
B. happily
C. excitedly
D. calmly
10. A. something
B. anything
C. nothing
D. everything
11. A. little
B. many
C. much
D. few
12. A. all
B. both
C. either
D. neither
13. A. how
B. what
C. why
D. when
14. A. all the time
B. in time
C. at a time
D. from time to time
15. A. problem
B. disagreement
C. relationship
D. condition
