even when i want to talk with my son nowadays, he is always moving his fingers on the touchscreen of his iphone and i can only fit in a word when he pauses. in the past, sons used to complain, “you are so busy that you never listen to me, dad!” now it is fathers who must complain: “you are so busy with your smartphone that you never listen to me, son!” and sons will retort: “you always interfere with me whenever i want to do something with my smartphone, dad!” when i lamented about the situation, someone came up with hilarious comment: “well, these days, kids are texting even while being scolded,” he said. “perhaps they are texting to their friends: ‘my old man is killing me.’”