When my son started middle school, my wife and I gave him his first cell phone. Some of you may feel that's kind of young for a kid to have a cell phone, but in middle school he started taking a bus and hanging out more with his friends, and we wanted an easy way to contact him.
That was nearly 3 years ago and the experience has taught me a lot about how his generation likes to communicate. He rarely uses the phone to talk; if he makes a call to a friend once a week, that's a lot. However, he's constantly checking in with his friends through texting.
The same can be said for emailing. My son hardly emails with his buddies unless it's to share documents for a homework assignment; he prefers to text or Skype with them.
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