To agree or disagree with the statement that modern technologies is ruining the reading and writing skills of our young people is an important issue. Putting the discussion in a wider context, usage of electronic gadgets is negatively affecting natural skills lie reading and writing, has always been debatable. Even though some people think that technology has nothing to do with reading and writing skills , I wholeheartedly believe that excessive use of computers and smartphones is spoiling natural abilities of children. First I will discuss some arguments supporting my ideas about this statement, after which some aspects against that will be presented.