Kids choose texting over talking these days

Kids don't talk anymore. They text. They post things for the world to see on MySpace. They are used to instantaneous communication. They hit SEND and consider themselves "heard."When I was a teenager, communication wasn't so instant. If you called someone and he or she did not answer, you called back later. If the line was busy, you likewise dialed back some other time. My kids don't even know what the busy signal on the phone means. They don't know life without microwave ovens, answering machines or voicemail.We shared one phone line in the "Hippy Ages" as my daughter refers to the 1960s and early 70's. When Mom needed the phone she told me to hang up. With one phone line, and two phones - one in the kitchen and one in their bedroom, conversations were anything but private. They were however two-way.

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