As the first generation growing up with access to social media, Gen Z kids are building a digital footprint both earlier and more expansively than any generation before.
I know plenty of toddlers — a consequence of my work with BU’s Jumpstart program — who do not know the alphabet or how to spell their names, but are acutely adept at navigating an iPad.
We have entered a new age and we need to face its reality — we cannot and will not live without our phones. They are the ultimate source of our entertainment, whether through texts, social media or more traditional entertainment like streaming platforms.
The college experience will never be as immersive today as it was in our parents’ day — perhaps the millennials were the last to reap the benefits of the university bubble.
