(CNN Business) Early in the pandemic, Jane Cox Childress brought her teenage son warm cookies at his desk during a remote learning session. She received a text message in response: "Mom, could you please not bring me anything when I'm in class?" Childress said she "learned quickly to be more respectful when he was in class." Texts give people the opportunity to slow down, be reflective and say what they mean without becoming too reactive, psychologists say. Texting can help preserve some sense of separate quarters during the long and messy remote workdays.

Source: CNN February 17, 2021 12:22 UTC