Hyper connected

Previous generations didn't have the speed of the connection we have today. With every thing going faster people can do more to stay connected. Also you can stay connected with people across the world, they don't have to be demographicaly close and it doesn't cost as much to connect with them. Also what is different from previous generations is the age that you get connected. Today younger children are getting cell phones and there are even sites where little kids can talk to each other online.
Too much information would be knowing what someone was doing 24/7 and knowing exactly where they are at.
The positive aspects of being hyper-conected are that you can reach people and find out what they are doing easier. You usually don't have to wait hours for someone to get back to you and you can talk to more people at once.

Negatives of being hyper-connected, in my opinion, are that children are starting to use the technology at too young of an age, people don't pay attention to what is happening around them, and in extreme cases it can isolate.

Advice

How do you tell someone what they are doing is wrong. I don't want to be mean or sound stuck up to this person but that is what they would say if I said something. This person is my friend and I want to do something but I don't know how to bring up the subject. I know it should be discussed in private but should I tell this person's parents. How should I bring up the subject with them?

Christmas

I love Christmas and it is also my birthday. On top of that it is my eighteenth birthday, so I am really excited. Every year I have a birthday party with just two or three of my closest friends. It is also like a Christmas party. My friends give me a birthday/Christmas gift and I give them a Christmas gift.

Here is my Christmas dilemma. One of my friends is cheap, very cheap. I know that they don't have to get me a gift and all that but it kind of makes me mad. I put an effort into their gifts to put together what they would like and she doesn't. This person already told me that she was going to just get me a three dollar bath set from Walmart(which she is getting for everyone else). I know I should just be grateful for what I get and that Christmas is not just about the gifts but it just doesn't seem right. It is my eighteenth birthday.

Here is my question. Is it OK for me to give one friend more/better Christmas gifts then the other one. My point is that I am closer to this friend, she gives me better gifts, and she is just nicer too. I feel bad about it so should I just give them the same gifts or should I just give them the gifts i picked out for them and not say anything. I don't want to be rude but the one friend is more important then the other.