It has been brought to my attention that teenagers today could actually be considered lonely despite the numerous methods available to them to keep them connected. There is a part of me that agrees. Children these days are missing the important part of communication that includes face-to-face communication. I recently had the privilege to interview a woman who is 98 years old with a super sharp memory. She commented that people these days are lacking some communication skills that her generation benefited from. For example, her generation spent time talking to each other in the neighborhood. Our teenagers use their outside time to text, talk on their mobile phones, or to listen to their Ipods. They are often too busy with their heads down to take a moment to communicate. I see this with my son. He spends time talking to his friends in a text instead of picking up the phone to call them. Some days it takes him hours to plan for his friend to come over to our house to play games. The reason is that they must spend a lot of time going back and forth with just a few words at a time.
At the end of the day, I feel that they are more connected to the technology but less connected to each other.
Below is a link to a paper that I wrote on the topic.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A-6rtji054PDBSP2JlJb0JlS5yXSVaUDTbdRLkH5vtg/edit?hl=en#
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