Dr. Michael Osit, a clinical psychologist in Warren, NJ, identifies many of our children as a "Text Generation". He feels that communication channels like texting and IMing have have a significant impact on how children socialize and communicate. Dr. Osit sees the pros and cons of this ever growing dependence on technology for communication. He feels that although decreasing amount of face-to-face communication do negatively affect children reading other peoples "nonverbal cues" during regular live contact interaction, children can benefit because it gives them a significantly greater amount of opportunity to interact with many people. The trick is for parents and children to have limits and thus a balance between the digital world and the real world.
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