"When I was a kid..."

(Cue: the eye roll)

"...I actually spoke to my friends face to face," my mother tells me.

Once again, I roll my eyes and turn back to my computer screen.

"You don't have any friends, Jazz."

"I have tons of friends!" I argue. "See that? It says '4k'. That's plenty of friends."

"Friends?! You've never talked or seen or even heard of nearly nine-tenths of these people!" she snaps. "I've had known how this would change you, your father and I would never have let you get Instagram or Facebook. Now all you do is sit with your face stuck in that laptop screen."

"That's where my friends are," I point out.

"That's what I mean," she responds, turning away with a sigh.