Question

washington, d.c. (achieve3000, april 27, 2018) do you think parents should use technology to monitor their teenagers online behavior and electronic communications? recent studies show that many people think they should. but not everyone agrees. while some people accept such monitoring as part of being a parent, other people say that it can become an invasion of privacy.
monitoring can take many forms. options for tracking teens online or electronic activities range from tools that let parents see which websites have been visited to apps that let parents review their teens smartphone call logs and text messages.
many parents have begun using technological advances to monitor what their teens are doing online and with their cell phones
just how much do parents make use of such tools or other monitoring measures? 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
what is this article mainly about?
a. an author says parents have options available to them other than monitoring their teens online activity and electronic communications.
b. experts say there is a significant difference between what parents say they know and what kids say their parents know about teens online activity and electronic communications.
c. people disagree about whether parents should monitor their teens online activity and electronic communications.
d. parents agree that monitoring teens online activity and electronic communications is an effective way to prevent them from interacting with strangers.

Explanation:

The article first introduces that parents have monitoring tools for teens' online activity, then notes that not everyone agrees on whether this monitoring is appropriate, and cites a Pew survey about parental monitoring usage. This centers on differing views about parental monitoring of teens' online/electronic activity. Option A only covers the tools, not the disagreement. Option B focuses on a parent-teen knowledge gap not addressed in the text. Option D claims parents agree on effectiveness, which contradicts the text's note that not everyone agrees.

Answer:

C. People disagree about whether parents should monitor their teens' online activity and electronic communications.