[Topic] In the article, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Nation?”, Twenge discusses how teenagers in the generation iGen have grown up depending on technology and it has negative affects on their lives. [Restriction] These kids have spent their time growing up with the tv on, being photographed by their parents constantly, and getting their own technology at an early age. [Evidence] My parents had flip phones, then blackberries, and then eventually iPhones and I saw how handheld technology completely evolved and changed throughout my life. [Analysis] I saw my parents depend more and more on technology as I grew up. I grew up influenced by that and when I got my pwn technology it became a big part in my life like many other iGen teenagers. I feel as though we as a generation do depend on our phones for things like our morning alarms, for directions, and for all of our communication. [Conclusion] Todays teenagers are very reliant on technology and it is because they get up learning from their parents about how technology can be important in everyones daily lives.