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Like any other country,China is no exception regarding mobile phone usage,especially among adolescents..The body of literature states that there is an increasing number of Chinese adolescents who own mobile phones,consequently increasing the rate of reported conflict cases between parents and adolescents.Prior studies indicate that the new normal resulting from an increase in adolescent mobile phone usage has led to a rise in parent-adolescent conflicts,reasoning making up the main thrust of the current research study.The aim of the analysis is to better understand the prevalence of adolescent cell phone usage in China,with an emphasis on parental practices for minimizing parental-adolescent tensions induced by mobile phone use.The analysis conducted a paper-and-pencil survey to a representative group of teenagers（aged 12-17）in an eastern province,China’s second-most populated province,based on the research issue and theoretical research context.According to the predicted findings of the Hierarchical ordinary least squares（OLS）regression study,teenage cell phone addiction is positively linked to parent-adolescent disputes regarding mobile phone use.Furthermore,the findings showed a strong link between parental demandingness and parent-adolescent disputes.In addition,the findings revealed a substantial correlation between parental responsiveness and parent-adolescent disputes.The paper comfortably verified the negative impact of cell phone usage on parent-adolescent conflict based on the predicted findings.Thus,mobile phone addiction leads to a rise in parent-adolescent conflict.The estimated results align with the systems and attachment theories that state that a rise in threats-either external or internal threats-intensifies the parent-adolescent conflict,Longmore et al.（2012）.The estimated results also support the conclusion made by He et al.（2012）stating that mobile phone addiction is one of China’s main causes of parental-adolescent conflict.