text: Throughout the years, teen's social skills have decreased because of things like cellphones and technology, but if the kids have an extracurricular activity where they have to put down their phones, they'll have to socialize. During the extracurricular activity, they'll get to make new friends and strengthen their friendship with preexisting friends. Sometimes, kids will talk during the school day because they feel like they have no other chance to talk to their friends, but if you give them an extracurricular activity where they have a guarantee of being able to talk to their friends, there won't be as many chatty kids in the middle of class.