Are high tech kids losing interpersonal skills?
google_ad_client = “pub-0988080107385461”; google_ad_slot = “4585243534”; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; I was reading an article about this and found it interesting: Social networks and cell phones…relationships in the real world may be suffering badly. With the average teen sending or receiving over 2,000 text messages a month and spending nine hours a week on social networking sites, experts are worried that in-person, face-to-face social interaction is beginning to take a back seat to this twitchy, impersonal, and detached form of communication. The problem: When people rely exclusively on short bursts of written communication, those doing the texting miss out on the subtleties that come with a verbal and (especially) face-to-face discussion. looking at a smiley face in an email isn’t the same as seeing an actual smile on an actual face, and text-addicted teens are simply failing to learn the intricacies of bodily cues like eye movement and physical motion, not to
