In recent years, cell phones have become highly accessible and a necessity in the United States and around the world. From the beginning they were very rare, but now they have become an everyday necessity and are portable and pocket-sized to perform a wide variety of tasks. Cell phones used to be used exclusively for making calls, but now they perform numerous tasks beyond simply being a phone. Sometimes we get a little anxious the moment we realize we can't find our phone, but it's proof that phones have taken over our lives in ways we couldn't predict (Arandilla, 2012). In a recent study, people communicate more through text messages and cell phones than through face-to-face interactions, changing our social environment. According to a CNN article, “the telephone call is a dying institution, and the number of text messages sent monthly in the United States exploded from 14 billion in 2000 to 188 billion in 2010” (Klugar, 2012). We carry our cell phones with us wherever we go: to work, to appointments, to parties, to ceremonies or even to religious meetings. Modern cell phones help in so many tasks like texting, sending emails, accessing the internet, playing video games and many more. In a Huffington Post report, “about 88% of American adults own a cell phone” (New, 2012). Mobile phones dictate the way we live and, unfortunately, have a negative impact on our social relationships in terms of trust and empathy, replacing face-to-face interaction, making people less aware of their surroundings and becoming too attached to their mobile phones.First Above all, mobile phones have had a negative impact on trust and empathy between individuals in society, making socialization difficult. A search experiment... in the middle of the paper... is not effective in improving grammar, vocabulary and spelling. So, cell phones already have a huge impact on our lives and relationships. In conclusion, there is still a lot of research to be done on the negative effects of cell phones affecting our social relationships. Cell phones have both positive and negative effects, but there comes a point where the negative outweighs the other. By creating awareness of these negative effects through the media, it will allow users to prioritize their time to prevent further addictions. Additionally, parents should consider these facts and statistics to help reduce the amount children spend on the phone, but rather set a limited time to finish with homework and other recreational activities. Teenagers are most at risk, so these should not be taken lightly.