In today's society, people depend on technology as a ways of communication and entertainment. Texting has become a new ways of communication instead of talking on the phone. It is seen as an easy convenience but it actually is making things worse. It's a quick way of getting out what we want to say rather than calling someone and bothering them during work or whatever they may be doing at the time. A lot of miscommunication happens within these texting conversations like not understanding what the other person is saying because you can't hear their tone of voice. This is why arguments tend to happen. I have a love hate relationship with technology. I understand the point of it and I like the convenience of texting, however, I hate that people are paying more attention to their phones and spending more time alone versus spending time outside with friends. There have been more cases of ADHD especially found in children because of this problem. In my sociology of the family class in particular, we were talking about how ridiculous it is that kids starting at the age of three years old have either an Iphone, IPad, laptop, tablet. Why would a three year old need a phone? Or need to take it with them to preschool? I'm pretty sure teachers have phones on the wall of the classroom so there's no reason for a three year old to need a phone. It's crazy that young kids are teaching their parent or grandparents how to use apps. "Here grandma let me show you this game, go to the home screen and click on this button." They even know how to use snapchat and Instagram and can explain how it works better than some adults. When a child gets upset or is bored they'll take out whichever electronic they can get their tiny hands on. The child, just like the adult will bring this electronic with them wherever they go. For example, I saw two different kids at the grocery store and one of them had a phone in their hands and was walking around knocking into things not paying attention to where he's going because he's too focused on the phone. The other child was poking cereal boxes with his finger. Now which kid do you think was having more fun? Honestly, it looked to me like the kid who was knocking down the boxes was having more fun with a smile on his face. Sometimes when out to eat at a restaurant, a family will come in with a screaming child. The mother will hand the kid an Ipad or tablet to calm the child down. It seems as if the electronic is replacing a pacifier. What does this actually teach kids for their future? It shows that if they get bored on a date they'll take out their phone which is not only rude to the person they're on a date with but to people around them as well.