On my first visit to London, I went to Starbucks with some friends. We bought our drinks and proceeded upstairs. After we sat down, the first thing they did was take out their cell phones in search of wifi. As I looked around the table, I was struck by how times had changed. Instead of coming to a bar for conversation, it was now valued more for its ability to provide Internet access, rather than its original purpose of providing food and drink. Technology surrounds us. From the time we wake up in the morning and turn off our alarms to the time we set them in the evening, we are constantly connected. However, most people simply accept these innovations without considering how they have affected us. The many negative impacts of mobile devices overshadow the positive ones. Mobile devices have had a negative impact on family life. Family life was defined by the dining room table, a place where children did homework and crafts and families ate together and discussed their day. Now the dining room table has been replaced by television and cell phones. While a family may watch a show as a group, there is a feeling of togetherness and security that is missing in the lives of many teenagers. Quality time once filled this gap, but today it is in short supply in a society where parents must juggle commitments between work, home and community. The prospect of quality time is made more difficult by the accessibility of mobile devices. Quality time for families has become a thing of the past, weakening bonds between them, with the introduction of mobile devices, which also play an important role in the development of modern children. In the past, children had to spend most of their time outside playing. Today they are inside... at the center of the paper... forms of communication, including formal writing. Electronic correspondence also makes it difficult to determine tone, an important factor in communication, which can have a negative impact on younger generations. Mobile devices have a detrimental impact on our grammar and our ability to detect tone. While mobile devices can help in some ways, its positive aspects are overshadowed by the negative impact on families, children, and our communication skills, among many other areas. of our lives. While technology has had a positive impact on many areas of our daily lives, it should not be used lightly. The influence they have on our lives is often underestimated as we have become accustomed to living in a technological world. In the future, we should strive to control technology, instead of letting it control us as it has done in the lives of many.