“Why don’t people just speak to each other anymore? Why do you have to text when you can talk? What happened to having a regular conversation?”

I’m not surprised that these sentiments exist. I’m also not surprised that these sentiments were expressed to me, about me. But you might be surprised to learn that these sentiments were expressed by my daughter Sophie, who is 13 years old — a member of a generation who seem to have cell phones permanently attached to their hands.