Now HALF of families text each other in the same house: Experts say tech craze could have a ‘catastrophic’ effect on family life

‘Some will find it depressing. Others will recognise an all-too familiar snapshot of tech-obsessed modern life.
But nearly half of families with children now text each other when they are in the same house.
Just under a third of us (32 per cent) are guilty of tapping out messages on mobiles when we want to talk to someone under the same roof, according to research.
That figure rises to 45 per cent for households with children – suggesting the phenomenon is only set to get worse.’
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