According to The New York Times, Allison Miller, 14, sends and receives 27,000 texts in a month, her fingers clicking at a blistering pace as she carries on as many as seven text conversations at a time.
Some shyer students do not socialize through technology — they recede into it. Ramon Ochoa-Lopez, 14, an introvert, plays six hours of video games on weekdays and more on weekends.
Naturally, this isn’t good. “Downtime is to the brain what sleep is to the body,†said Dr. Rich of Harvard Medical School. “But kids are in a constant mode of stimulation.â€
“The headline is: bring back boredom,†added Dr. Rich.