Fellow Bloggers, friends;
We are gathered here today in this period of profound change in communication. My focus is social media’s effect on
communication and relationships within the family. Social networking has replaced the intimate
interactions within most American families. Family conversations have been replaced by
texting sessions. Family activity time
has given way to countless hours of Internet surfing resulting in disconnected
families.
Which reminds me of the worried mother’s comment to her
teenage son as he slips through the door in the wee hours of the morning, “would it kill
you to update your Twitter status if you’re going to stay out so late?”
Not that social networking is bad in itself, but
