Opinion: Is texting preventing the younger generation from developing competent writing skills?


Members of younger generations, including Gen Z, have grown up with cellphones as part of their everyday attire. — Dreamstime/TNS

What is the difference between writing and texting? If you were to pose that question to youths from Generation Alpha – born starting in 2010 – many of them may be hard-pressed to answer.

Members of younger generations, including Gen Z, have grown up with cellphones as part of their everyday attire.

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