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Having mobile phones have become quite a normal thing for people of all ages nowadays. We all know how useful a mobile is but apart from all the useful things, mobile phones nowadays are becoming a distraction.

Mobile phones have decreased the communication between members of the family. Before the internet was introduced to the world, families would often be seen communicating with each other.

Meals would be eaten without checking the phones and people used to keep a radio in between and everyone heard the radio. They would sit together and talk to each other and be happy.

When the television was introduced, family members would different programs but then there used to be certain program which all the family members would sit down and watch together. Communication was slightly affected with the introduction of the television.

Nowadays mobile phones have almost completely shut down any form of communication between family members. People are too busy communicating with people who are outside the house rather than those inside the house with the help of mobiles.

Teenagers particularly are the main victims of this. They start chatting with friends from morning until night and sometimes even skip their meals. They prefer watching shows on their mobile rather than sitting down with their family and watching a program.

Sometimes, the members of the family are so occupied in using their handheld devices that they do not hear their landline and sometimes if a friend or a relative is trying to contact us. People feel that it is better to restrict the time spent on our phone and internet