Modern teens are learning to do most of their communication while looking at a screen, not another person. Certainly, speaking i
ndirectly creates a barrier to clear communication, but that’s not all. Learning how to make friends is a major part of growing up, and friendship requires a certain amount of risk taking. When there are problems that need to be faced, it takes courage to be honest about your feelings and then hear what the other person has to say. But when friendship is conducted online and through texts, kids are doing this in a context stripped of many of the most personal aspects of communication. – “How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers,” Rachel Ehmke According to the excerpt, why is online and text communication problematic compared to in-person communication? Online and text communication requires more risk taking. Online and text communication is less personal. In-person communication usually involves less courage. In-person communication is often more indirect.
Many teens don't know what it feels like to be other people. So, instead they just write assumptions and create negativitey towards the person their texting. Communication is very important, especially if you need advice from a friend.
I would say this way of defining family is by blood relationship ie sharing the same blood as the parents as opposed to say someone brought up by foster parents ie adopted and thus having a family by virtue of upbringing ie by who the child was brought up by.
