Could it be possible that social networking is destroying us? Well, not technically, but it can be causing major problems. If brains of the young are exposed to the outset of a world full of instant new screen images coming up with the click of a key, because such rapid changes could make the brain operate in such ways. Quote: "My fear is that these technologies are infantilizing the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a small attention span and who live for the moment."- Lady Greenfield, a neuroscientist and a baroness.

Texting and driving is a major cause of wrecks around the world, especially in teenagers. We have become so addicted to our phones that we can't even put them down long enough to drive to the grocery to store or out to eat with some friends. Driving requires your entire attention, but when your looking at your phone, you are not aware of your surroundings. Quote: "Driving is an activity that requires full concentration and composing, reading, and sending text messages will compromise the driver's concentration."- from the website

Facebook is one the most commonly used social networking sites. There are more than 800 million users and more than 70 languages used. More than 350 of Facebook's active users has access to the site on their phone and more than 475 mobile operators work to promote Facebook mobile products. Quote: "More than 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day." -from this website

As teenagers we are always faced with certain distractions and time-wasters, but our cell phones, social networking places, and other technology are by far the worst. It is proven that it is more powerful for younger people because our brains are just now developing and can easily be habituated. When you are trying to do your homework and you hear your phone beep alerting you that you have a new text message, what do you do? Continue studying or rush to you phone to check this new message? If you rush to your phone, it might be time to try to set a limit on your use of technology. Quote; "The worry is we're raising a generation of kids in front of screens whose brains are going to be wired differently." - Michael Rich, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and executive director of the Center on Media and Child Health in Boston.

Your parents use to wake you up every morning, but now they are too busy on Facebook or they don't have too because you have an alarm clock on your iPod or cell phone. You wake up and immediately check your cell phone and Facebook. Quote: "We use texting as an in-house intercom, I could just walk upstairs, but they always answer their texts." - Mr. Gude, an instructor at Michigan State University

Cell phones. They have become a way of life for many people in the world. Some people are to the point where they almost can't live without them, and many people are quickly approaching that point. Now phones have internet, GPS, and many other things that you need everyday. Many people spend so much time on there phones, they hardly have time for any other activities,

Can it be possible that more people are choosing the virtual world over the real world? It came as no surprise to the Cisco's Connected World Technology Report 2011. A young girl proudly stated that she had over 700 Facebook friends, but to no surprise she admitted to not knowing over 600 of them. Quote: "Online addiction is just as bad as any other kind of addiction and one really needs to be self regulating."

A two minute video on Technology Addiction becoming a problem in today's world. Do you think you might be addicted if you fake to go to the bathroom during dinner, just so you can check your email, reply to a text message or check your Facebook? Quote: "People post how it's changing their lives, how wired we are. Everyone is hungry to talk about this subject." - Filmmaker and Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlain

A 12 year old girl can not get help from her Mom on her homework because her mother is to busy on Facebook.She preferred that her name not be used because she is ashamed of the time she spends on the computer, which is generally 20 hours a day. Half the time for work and half the time for fun. She says she can go a whole day without Facebook, but she has never made it through a whole weekend. She has tried her hardest to cut back on her social networking time but she can't do it. Quote: "It's turned into a compulsion-- a compulsion to dissociate from your real world and go live in the Facebook world." -Paula Pile, a marriage and family therapist in Greensboro, North Carolina