Not too long ago, my son told me he had a problem with his camera’s sensor.
“Not a problem!” I said helpfully. “Just ask one of the photographers at the newspaper. I’m sure they’ll give you great advice.”
“That’s OK,” he said.
Ok, I thought. Then I did the maternal version of Google Maps “recalculating.” Son is 21 and does not want Mommy’s help. I get it. “What about asking one of your advisors at school?” I suggested.
“Why would I do that when I could just look on You Tube?” he asked.
Yes, of course. Why would anyone talk to anyone at all when YouTube solves everything for you and you never have to have engage in that prickly, awkward, draining activity called Human Conversation?
I understand that I have a taciturn son, no doubt the result of his mother’s loquacity. But I fear my son’s evasion of conversation is not singular. Fewer and fewer teenagers and young adults want to engage in conversation, certain, that in this touchy, easily offended world, they’re going to say the Wrong Thing.
Two-thirds of teens surveyed in 2018 said they would rather text their friends online rather than see them in person. Texting is short, precise and direct. It risks nothing. In particular, it risks disappointment. A too-earnest text can easily be dismissed with a “JK” for just kidding. Most importantly, a text comes devoid of the 70 to 93% of our conversation scholars estimate is non-verbal.
Self-protection, rather than self-revelation, has become the default position of our younger...
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