It is crazy how we live in a generation where almost all teens are always distracted by the technology and the social media. New technology like smartphones and all that are good for teens sometimes, but can also be bad because teens get distracted by their phones a lot and also social media makes you feel bad. Another reason why phones are bad because there are teens that are sexting without knowing the consequences. Teens spend too much time and get to distracted by their phones. In the article “Teens Texting Soars: Will Skills Suffers” by Jennifer Ludden it claims “58 percent of students with mobile phone say they 've send a text during class.” When being in class sometimes there is important information given to the students by their teachers and they do not hear because they were distracted by their phones. In an article from Los Angeles Times Michael Muskal says “The top distraction found in about 15% of crashes involved the driver interacting with at least one passenger… Next, at 12% was the driver using a cellphone to talk, text or review the screen for messages and such.” Some drivers get distracted by their phones while driving and cause accidents that can be deadly plus they do not only risk their lives but others surrounding them. …show more content…
“When you 're on a site like facebook, you get lots of posts about what people are doing. That sets up a social comparison you maybe feel like your life is not as full and rich as those people you see on facebook” is a quote from the article “Facebook Makes Us Sadder and Sess Satisfied, Study Finds” by Elise Hu. Sometimes you see posts of people doing other things you want to do or they have something you want. There is times when you might envy people because of that you feel bad or sad. “Cyberbullying on social media is linked to depression,” People makes rumors about you or send you things just to bother