The world is changing and so is our technology. Could our usage of recent technology make us seem disconnected? Texting at home can be very helpful, but it is stereotyped as people being careless. Is texting an obsession or is it a new way to connect?

In the article, "Are you texters or yellers? Many families turn to texting at home to "talk"", from USA Today, they discuss the advantages of recent technology trends at home. There are always negative things to say about technology, but in this article you learn that some of those things are based off of assumptions.

A lot of teens don't tell their parents things if they think it might be an awkward conversation or if they want to avoid conflict. Texting is a way to avoid that awkwardness and can end up having a better resolution. Some parents welcome their teens to text them when something happens because it can make their kids more comfortable. At some point parents might have kids speak in person about what's happening, but this keeps a balance and makes kids able to get closer with their parents. So even though some people think texting their kids makes them a robot, in reality it can actually help your family as a whole.

Texting isn't completely cutting out human interaction. Some parents like to think that before cell phones, their kids would come downstairs whenever they needed to talk to them. That's not true. They think that texting makes it harder to interpret tone and body language and that teens are not learning interaction skills, but it's the opposite. If you yell upstairs for someone to come down there is always that misunderstanding of being in trouble or something like that. Texting really gives you an extra skill, try interpreting a long text. It's basically a new language that is now just second nature for a ton of teens today. Another assumption is that teens text when they want to avoid a serious conversation, but like I said in the last slide it makes kids feel protected and understood.

Texting at home isn't a concern. Before texting there were other ways to communicate that no one seemed to have a problem with. Texting at home is seen as people avoiding interaction. Some people say it makes people disconnected and cold. But really it can connect us more and make us feel together. Any bad thing said about texting at home is based on assumptions. Texting is efficient and helpful and it shouldn't be seen as a bad thing.