One of the most common misconceptions- kids don't talk face to face anymore

I hear people saying this all the time, on this board especially. The logic is that because kids have the technology to talk to other people on there phones at all times that they are losing the ability to communicate face to face. Usually their reasoning is "I went out to eat with my family, and my granddaughter was looking at her phone the whole time".

I think this is a huge misconception, and that kids are developing social skills at a faster rate than they were pre- internet.

Sure there are a select few (probably autistic) kids who spend most of their time playing video games and never go outside, but most kids still love playing outside, that's something thats never going to change. The only difference is when they go home, they can still communicate with other kids via instagram, facebook, skype, ext. when they go home.

School is where most people develop their social skills, its not like kids don't go to school anymore.

Social media is opening doors to meet more people than ever before. Highschoolers and college kids can have sex at will through Tinder, meeting people they never would have met in the first place. People are no longer limited to only meeting other people who they go to school or work with. So how is technology, in any way, stunting social skills?