Social Skills Hindered Due to Digital Multi-tasking

A study by Stanford University has found strong evidence that tween girls who frequently multi-task through digital devices lack important social skills that should be developing by that age. The lack of real face-to-face interaction with people is making it hard for today's youth to pick up on various social cues and tendencies that would seem like second nature to most. The study goes into detail about how even video chatting services like FaceTime and Skype don't hold up to real life, engaging interactions due to the fact that it is far too easy to multi-task, switching between other activities and therefore only involved in the conversation at a minimal level. Without regular exposure to other people's emotions, tones, and body language that give signs to many social cues, it is far too easy for young girls to never develop a clear grasp on what older generations may assume to be natural social skills.