"Our increasing preference for texting over email and phone calls creates a higher quantity of interactions, but it decreases their quality, harming our relationships." -  Maggie Mulqueen Maggie Mulqueen, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts.

I'm telling you, if you want to build stronger effective communication skills, stop texting! Start talking and do more active listening than talking. Let me explain! 

Source: 
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/texting-really-ruining-personal-relationships-ncna1097461