Multitasking, multi-tech teens

This is not news to parents of teenagers, but it makes for interesting reading (and viewing): CBS's "Generation M: Natural Multitaskers." The article and 2.5 minute video (clicked to from the Web page) zoom in on 13-year-old Nick, who has an Xbox, a GameCube, a TV, a VCR, a connected computer, and all sorts of portable devices in his room. Nick perfectly represents the "media saturated" "Generation M" described in the Kaiser Family Foundation study of that name (see my 3/11 issue). CBS quotes Gen M-ers as saying they just can't do one thing at a time and a researcher as saying they indeed can cope with distraction in ways we grownups can't.