Studies also show that there is a direct co-relation between the amount of hours spent with gadgets and the increasing levels of obesity, violence, and breakdown of families in our society today. As parents, we may bemoan the fact that our kids no longer read or go out to play but there is a considerable difference in the role technology plays in our lives as well. What with cell phones and PDAs, laptops and GPS systems, we are constantly communicating, planning, and searching. We juggle our days away doing this, that, and the other but barely have enough time for our personal relationships and ourselves.