Summary Of What's The Matter With Kids Today By Amy Goldwasser

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In the article, What's the Matter with Kids Today? Nothing, actually. Aside from our panic that the Internet is melting their brains; publicated on Friday, Mar 14, 2008, by Amy Goldwasser. The writer Amy talks about how most parents or the older generation believe that the use of the internet is making the kids and teens of today more ignorant. Yet, Amy is convinced that the internet has created a new generation of writers and storytellers. How is it that reading and writing can be fun for kids? Amy says how the internet is a way of communication and that most kids and teens feel more connected. She believes that is the reason why kids visit the internet everyday and spend about 20 minutes writing to each other, is because it feels as if they

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