WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.420 --> 00:00:03.180 Getting that first phone  really changed my life a lot.  00:00:03.180 --> 00:00:06.173 I'm always on my phone talking to people. 00:00:06.173 --> 00:00:09.695 I got back in contact with my older sister who was in the military. 00:00:09.695 --> 00:00:12.459 I got to keep in contact with my friends. 00:00:12.459 --> 00:00:15.571 They were excited because they got to hear from me. 00:00:24.300 --> 00:00:29.880 I get to talk to him about anything sometimes  and we have very funny times like we'll be   00:00:29.880 --> 00:00:32.624 really goofy and stuff like that it's very fun. 00:00:32.624 --> 00:00:38.105 I get very excited when people text me right away  because I feel special sometimes. 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:42.586 If you're meeting somewhere and you don't know if they're there or not 00:00:42.586 --> 00:00:45.585 you can text them and say, "Hey, are you coming?" 00:00:45.585 --> 00:00:47.846 or if they're a little late you don't get worried.  00:00:47.846 --> 00:00:52.117 If you're in trouble or in danger you can call the emergency services 00:00:52.117 --> 00:00:53.751 and they can help you out. 00:00:53.751 --> 00:00:57.912 I was in a car accident. I called my mom  and I said, 00:00:57.912 --> 00:01:02.919 "Mama, I was in a car accident and the car flipped." 00:01:02.919 --> 00:01:04.779 And she said, "I'll be right there."  00:01:06.540 --> 00:01:11.410 For my opinion I think it's been...more chaotic.  00:01:11.410 --> 00:01:15.180 Social media is, you know, it's not the same as it used to be. 00:01:15.180 --> 00:01:17.616 Sometimes I just don't want to talk. [Laughs] 00:01:17.616 --> 00:01:20.415 People just are like, "I can call you anytime now that you have a phone." 00:01:20.415 --> 00:01:23.370 I'm like, "No I'm just gonna turn my phone off to ignore you." [Laughs] 00:01:23.370 --> 00:01:28.856 When you communicate with the person a lot and the person like get kind of tired of it, 00:01:28.856 --> 00:01:30.406 it it can affect the friendship. 00:01:30.406 --> 00:01:35.960 I don't want that person to be, you know, talking to me, talking to me and I'm trying to get stuff done. 00:01:35.960 --> 00:01:38.260 And I just swipe them and block them. 00:01:38.260 --> 00:01:40.521 Sometimes I just pretend like I don't see it 00:01:40.521 --> 00:01:44.177 and then if my friends like say, "Oh, why didn't you reply back?" 00:01:44.177 --> 00:01:45.762 I'll be like, "Oh, I was asleep." 00:01:50.318 --> 00:01:52.650 If you don't have boundaries with your phone and with yourself, 00:01:52.650 --> 00:01:56.022 it could cause trouble and you could get in like detention  00:01:56.022 --> 00:01:59.311 or get your phone taken away by the teacher. 00:01:59.311 --> 00:02:00.376 Guilty. 00:02:00.668 --> 00:02:04.972 Say if I was focusing on my homework  or, I don't know, I'm hanging out with my dad   00:02:04.972 --> 00:02:07.751 or something I may want like you know some  alone time.  00:02:07.751 --> 00:02:10.784 If it's just social media and, you know, there's nothing going on 00:02:10.784 --> 00:02:14.206 then you don't need your phone just for every little second. 00:02:14.206 --> 00:02:19.140 It's always good to have your space because  you always focus on your thoughts    00:02:19.140 --> 00:02:24.060 and it's just like you heal yourself by just even talking  to yourself writing stuff down listening to music. 00:02:28.645 --> 00:02:33.778 I would just be honest when setting boundaries  just be honest say what you think, 00:02:33.778 --> 00:02:37.243 and if they don't like it, well too bad. 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.598 You can put it down. Even do, take a walk, be like, 00:02:40.598 --> 00:02:42.988 "Hey, Mom, Dad, you want to take a walk or something?" 00:02:42.988 --> 00:02:47.545 Like do activities with your family. And that's very important for me.