Texting Effects

            Before texting people actually spoke and interacted with each other. Now in days people are always looking at their phones for a message that most likely said “hey”, a small conversation takes about an hour or more. More and more people are losing communication skills because they are used to texting and not having to interact face to face or keep eye contact with another person. Shy people take advantage of texting because they don’t have to speak or look at a person; however, they don’t learn to communicate with others without depending on their phones. A text message can be answered at any time, yet many do not understand that concept.

            Texting and driving have led to the deaths of the driver, passenger(s), or any innocent caught in the way. As soon as a person hears a message alert even while driving you get the temptation of replying, most people ignore the urges; however, a few people don’t and sometimes cause an accident or worst a fatality. Texting has its benefits but when a person is paying more attention to the phone then their own surroundings, that person has a texting problem. Communication skills between people in person have decrease greatly do to texting and technology.