Children losing the ability to hold a conversation because of technology
Children are losing the ability to hold a conversation because of their use of technology, the best-selling author of the Wimpy Kid series has said.
"I don't know if anybody really has the right answer but what's undeniable is the way that kids communicate with each other has changed fundamentally and probably permanently," he told the Press Association.
"What we really want for our kids is to be fully socialised and to hold a conversation with one another and I think that's what's being lost.
"If I get in the car with my kids now everybody's on their phone ... and it feels weird to drive around with everybody on their phone....