The document discusses trends in communication methods between different generations from 2008 to 2014. In 2009, 54% of teens used text messaging daily to talk to friends, while 30% used landlines and smaller percentages used social media, email, or other methods. By 2014, grandparents most often contacted grandchildren by text (79%), social media (16%), or phone calls (13%), while parents relied more on texts (61%), social media (39%), and email (97%) to talk to grown children. In 2008, parents of children aged 7-17 most commonly used phone calls (35%) to communicate daily. Studies also found that in 2011, 15% of small children used tablets to contact family, and 20-39% of children
