Interaction and communication are important skills in school and the workplace. These skills are necessary because they aid in personal identity and can also help adolescents prepare for future career choices. When teens play with avatars, they can learn to communicate and interact better with others, especially if they are shy in the real world. Technological places allow a teenager to create an avatar and communicate with other avatars in the virtual world. When they talk to these other avatars, teens can learn the importance of relationships and this can teach them how to do it in the real world. For adolescents who are shy and do not have good communication skills, these avatars can help them learn to talk to other people and develop a common interest with these people. These avatars can also have negative side effects with communications. Some teens may be obsessed with these games and the life they experience in the virtual world. These avatars can cause communication problems in the real world and lead to other serious problems. In her essay “How Computers Change the Way We Think,” Sherry Turkle writes about how some teens write narratives for their avatars and how they can sometimes feel uncomfortable sharing their feelings and communicating with other people in reality.