Apr
19
Writer Liz Funk offers insights about Gen Y and the “always on” aspect to their lives.
When teens and twentysomethings spend their downtime keenly aware that they have tasks pouring into their Blackberries or iPhones it’s hard to ignore the urge to respond — maybe they’ll send a quick email while driving or while a friend has gotten up to use the bathroom at dinner. It makes leisure time a blurry period in between work and school, rather than a peaceful and completely restorative activity.
I’m watching my own kids go that direction – that phone is an extension of his (long) arms! Well, at least one of them. Unless he is in the mountains, with no cell service!