People are not shocked and amazed by technology like they used to be. It has become normal for grandmothers to check the weather, send a text, pay a bill and look up a restaurant review in about five minutes on the same device — all while listening to music, of course. At this point, though, technology threatens to infiltrate some of our lives to the brink of being too much. Children age 8 through 18 spend an average 7.5 hours per day using such devices. Half of teens, 12 through 17, report sending 50 or more text messages per day, and one-third send 100 or more. Sending text messages every few minutes and spending more than seven hours a day using technology is just too much. Parents would do well to initiate some changes to ensure they are not contributing to creation of a generation of socially and emotionally inept children. --The Seattle Times
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