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This is sad but true.  I can't go anywhere and not witness our younger generation completely immersed in a mobile device no matter where they are.  The more technology helps improve our daily lives, it also sets us back.  I have an old soul, I guess.  I would prefer sitting on my front porch catching up with the lives of my neighbors, friends and family than connecting with them through a computer screen.  I was thankful for Skype when my oldest son was in the Army and stationed overseas or connecting with my younger son who is halfway across the country.  I am thankful a few texts back and forth help me stay connected to those I know across the country when I don't have the time to sit down and make a phone call.  However, I am fully capable of turning off the ringer on my cell phone when I am in church, a meeting, a movie, or go out for a meal.  I can leave the phone lying on the kitchen counter when I go to bed.  My husband and I love cruise boats because turning off the phone and stowing it away in the safe is the first thing we do when entering our cabin.  It brings us peace and quiet and alone time to enjoy together.  If connecting through a mobile device is the only way our younger generation can connect, we are raising an anti-social society with unhealthy habits.  It is sad and I fear that it is only the beginning of future problems that will soon surface for our children.