This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. A few days ago I talked to Ava, an Indiana fifth-grader, on the phone. I mean ...

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A few days ago I talked to Ava, an Indiana fifth-grader, on the phone. I mean the phone phone — Ava’s dad recently installed a landline for her, and she chatted with me using the handset, sitting in ...