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For one thing, in The New York Times article, “For Teenagers, the Car Is the Danger Zone”, it states that, “Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 16- to 20-year-olds, with about 5,500 teenage drivers or passengers dying each year” (The New York Times). Teenagers who are not monitored by parents when driving can be seriously injured or even killed if they get in an accident. Many teenagers make bad decisions of driving with distractions, or driving when they are under drugs, if their parents are not there to monitor them. Also, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a medical foundation also concerning parent involvement, states, “There are still online impersonators and ‘fakers,’ despite heightened security measures. That one 15 year old Facebook user may actually be a grown 50-year-old adult pretending to be a teen for inappropriate reasons”