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People's behavior will change with technology. I know very few young people who can't type out a text message on their phone with one thumb, for instance.

Life is too sweet and too short to express our affection with just our thumbs. Touch is meant for more than a keyboard.

Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.

Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on cell phones when they were pushed on swings as toddlers. Now, their parents text at the dinner table and don't look up from their BlackBerry when they come for end-of-school day pickup.

Teenagers would rather text than talk. They feel calls would reveal too much.

I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine.

The way people communicate is changing, and no one knows this better than teens. We are using images to talk to each other, to communicate what we're doing, what we're thinking, and to tell stories.

Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would be one of their main forms of communication.

Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would be one of their main forms of communication. And so many times, these kids know more about the technology than their parents. And so many times, we're putting kids in very adult situations and expecting them to behave like they're 40 years old.

I can't text. My fingers are too big.