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Texting side by side and not paying attention. other mother wes spoke to say their mobile technology obsession has made them take pause, too. >> i'm with my 8-year-old son in the middle of the street. and he's telling me a story and i'm just kind of on autopilot while i'm really -- where my presence is in answering the e-mail or whatever i'm doing with the phone. >> reporter: more than 285 million americans now communicate via mobile devices. that's potentially a lot of parents texting. child development experts call the texting,,mailing, phoning while parenting trend alarming. >> you don't fe...

To others is making her unavailable to her children. don't you worry that you're taking your eye off the ball, so to speak, your child? >> i do worry that i'm ignoring my children. >> reporter: it can be dangerous. i spoke to one man who says he actually saved a baby who wandered into the street and was nearly hit by a car. he says both of the parents were texting side by side and not paying attention. other mothers we spoke to say their mobile technology obsession has made them take pause too. >> i'm with my son in the middle of the street and he's telling me a story and i'm just kind of on a...

>> don't you worry that you're taking your eye off the ball, so to speak, your child? >> i do worry that i'm ignoring my children. >> reporter: it can be dangerous. i spoke to one man who said he actually saved a baby who wandered into the street and nearly hit by a acar. he said both of the parngts were texting side by side and not paying attention. other parents say their mobile technology obsession has made them take pause, too. >> i'm with my son in the middle of the street. he's telling me a story and i'm kind of on autopilot where my presence is answering e-mail or whatever i'm doing wit...