> She notes that children who have learned to read and write by tapping on a digital tablet “often have difficulty distinguishing letters that look a lot like e

> She notes that children who have learned to read and write by tapping on a digital tablet “often have difficulty distinguishing letters that look a lot like each other or that are mirror images of each other, like the b and the d.” Not saying the broader claims of the article aren’t without merit, but the sentence quoted was true long before ubiquitous touchscreens (mid 90s, and long before then too I imagine)