"Communicating" in SAME room without talking.....

Having 3 teenagers in our house at a time we noticed what (for us old fogies) was a truly amazing phenomena.....all 3 were "into" their OWN IPADS, mini-IPADS, Iphones, IPODS and although all 3 really do get along and love one another (as brothers and sisters - almost) - no-one spoke a word in 3 hours. THREE kids who love and care for one another but can't TALK orally. After a while I said "Hey - don't you guys like one another??" - the boy of the group assured me "Oh sure, Aunty, we do.....in fact your daughter is texting me just now!" - our daughter was only 2-1/2 feet away from him. TEXTING from 2-1/2 feet away??? I still remember the day our daughter got her IPHONE - we made sure she paid for it herself and paid for her own "monthly plan" - we couldn't understand why she needed it (we offered her our old TRAC phone any day any time) "Oh, but I can CALL my friends and YOU!!!" - CALL??? - does today's generation even know the etiquette of making a phone call??? I AM showing my age. I am from a generation where we had to "book" a call from Colombo to Nuwera Eliya (less than 100 miles away) and forget it to call USA - it was over 4-7 days - telegrammes were far quicker and easier. But, by George, when we DID reach our party on that line we TALKED!!!! - as in WORDS one on one. Today I see a whole generation who doesn't have the social skills to TALK to one another....phones (a shortened word of "telephone") aren't for CALLING (as in talking) to one another - they are only for TEXTING. Feel almost in a zombie world.....get out of my car at a supermarket and right in front of me are maybe 10 people just STOPPED (not even realizing a human is behind them) TEXTING happily in TEXT-land on their private iphones - some smiling, hopefully w/ good news....some frowning. I feel really lost in this "new world" and in many, many ways - I don't think I want to belong. YES, I do know how to "text" - but there is nothing so important in my life that can't WAIT until I talk (as in open mouth, put out tongue and speak words) to my loved ones. FEELING very sad that the NEW world is going to be "hooded up" into their own worlds without ability to communicate (orally) to one another.