text: Could not having friends also be a problem? Not having friends could also cause depression in the teen which could lead into showing less effort and not having motivation to complete assignments. Would taking classes at home make the teen become lazy? Its possible to happen due to the work environment, it could definitely cause distractions like working next to the television or their cellular device. As long as the teen can be in a closed environment with less distractions it should not be that big of a problem. It is also likely that they try and cheat on assignments, but it would more or less show when taking a test without knowing the required knowledge that they just took off of the internet.