Kansas kids are ‘sliding into silence.’ Let’s talk about why they are chatting less.

By: Eric Thomas

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: May 8, 2026

Words: 1,246

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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In the flotsam of things I read each week — academic research, online news, sports stories and fiction — one tidbit can get naggily lodged in my thoughts.

This week, the splinter in my mind is titled “Sliding Into Silence? We Are Speaking 300 Daily Words Fewer Every Year,” authored by a researcher at the University of Arizona in partnership with Valeria Pfeifer, who works right across the state line at the University …

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