When I was a boy, I had to walk over to a friend’s house if I had something to tell him. Or I could write him a letter. With a pen.
O.K., that’s a slight exaggeration (there were phones, after all). But children today have a plethora of high-tech gadgets they can use to phone and — more commonly — text with one another. The question most parents have is what type of texting gadget is appropriate for which age group.
