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The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we be surprised that they learned to leverage technology to build community, tweeting and texting and friending while their elders were still dialing long-distance?

The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we be surprised that they learned to leverage technology to build community, tweeting and texting and friending while their elders were still dialing long-distance?

Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern

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Nancy Gibbs
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Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Nancy Gibbs: documented birth year 1960; activity date not established. Wikidata Q6962706, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6962706 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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