GREEN BAY, Wis. (NBC 26) -- At UWGB it's a common sight to see students working their way to and from class with their heads down and phones in hand.
"Right out of class it's like let me check-up, let me check-up," says Savanna Hayes a student at UWGB.
"I think there is definitely the urge to check it," adds Ethan Zaddack a student at UWGB.
Many of these students were a part of a generation that got their first phones in middle school, and now they are on their phones at an alarming rate.
"I check it a lot. I think my average right now is five and a half hours a day. But because it's for work and school I feel like it's not that bad," says Hayes.
A study by the tech company Asurion found that Americans check their phones 96 times a day, once every ten minutes, And the study wasn't focused on just young adults but these 20-something-year-old's parents too.
"They usually call or send texts. My mom actually sends emails," explains Kelsey Thurin a student at UWGB.
"If it's hey can you run to the store and get some eggs, text me, I don't need a call for that," says Ryan Wonser a student at UWGB.
Overwhelmingly the study found that older adults are texting more often than they are making phone calls, and students say they would prefer if their folks would stick to that trend.
"Honestly just text message. Because when we do Instagram it's just off. They don't know what they are doing, and it feels weird," says Thurin laughing about her parent's attempt.
But in a world full of social media platforms, phone calls, and short and sweet text messages designed to help us communicate; some young adults say there has to be a balance. in how connected we try to be.
"If you can't contact me, most of the time it makes me happier because I can just live in the moment and enjoy myself and worry about that stuff when I need to," says Wonser.
