Across the globe today, millions upon millions of people either have or have access to a cell phone. According to the 2012 National Communications Census, more than 92 % of people in the United States had a cellular device. Older generations like our parents and grandparents generally like to argue that cellphones have “disconnected” young people from social interaction with friends and family. In all actuality, however, families are more connected than ever thought possible. Take for example Sergeant Nate Sharper, a young marine who shipped overseas in 2013 to the Middle East as …show more content…
Families and friends are are more connected now than ever before. With social media, texting, etc., families and friends are more in tuned to each other lives than they ever would be without their cell phone. I personally, recall every year my family and my cousins and uncle and aunt, whom we never have an opportunity to see due to the fact they live in South Florida, facetime on cellphones and are able to catch up and communicate. That is special not just to my family, but it is also special to people and families all over the world to have that ability to see and interact with loved ones hundreds or even thousands of miles away. With the brilliance of cell phones, family and friends are bonded more and more each and every