However, cell phones have recently caused a weakening of these relationships. Cell phones are used when one of your family members may no longer live with you and you cannot visit them regularly, but cell phones have also caused less time to be spent with the family you still live with. Growing Wireless provided a statistic that 69% of families gave their children a smartphone when they were under eight years old. This caused a huge controversy within the families. Children who grow up with cell phones will not have adequate communication skills and will bond less with their families. For example, some children are allowed to use cell phones at the dinner table, but the dinner table should be a place where families talk about their day and whether they have any interesting news. Cell phone use not only affects family, but also friends. For example, when I go out to dinner, I often see a group of friends on the phone, instead of talking to each other. They worry about other people's lives instead of their friends sitting right in front of them. According to Pew Research, 67% of people who own cell phones will look for messages or alerts on their phone even if it isn't ringing. Cell phones distract people even when they aren't paying attention to them. When your relationship with your family is weakened by cell phones and other electronic devices, you will have difficulty maintaining relationships with others