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- Local mom says kids are less likely to act like creeps via text.
A few days ago I wrote a Bleader post that spoke kindly of the written word as we find it these days—texted, e-mailed, embedded in social media sites . . . The telephone—not to mention eye-to-eye conversation—is passe and deserves to be.
“I love texting,” she wrote. “My kids answer me back almost immediately. And they have no attitude in texting. They’re friendly, have a sense of humor, seem to respect me. It all changes on the phone.” She added, “Oh, I’m so much better writing than talking. Not because I’m nicer but I just express myself more clearly. I often write letters to my kids in place of those ‘long talks.’ I can say what I want to say more easily and without interruption and they’ll read it alone and not feel the need to be dismissive. Who knows if it’s better but I get the satisfaction of knowing I said what I meant to say.”
