M世代——一心多用的一代现在是晚上9:30,霍斯夫妇知道他们的几个孩子身在何处,至少身体在家里。14岁的皮埃尔已经呆在房间里三个小时了,双眼一直没离开过电脑屏幕,他一边和MySpace聊天室里的人群聊,一边用IM即时聊天软件和朋友私聊。他的双胞胎妹妹布兰特更忙,像棵树似的“根 Generation M - a multi-purpose generation is now at 9:30 in the evening, and the Howths know where their children are and at least they are at home. The 14-year-old Pierre has been in the room for three hours and has never left the computer screen with his eyes. He chats with the crowd in the MySpace chat room and chats privately with friends using IM instant messaging software. His twin sister Brant is even busier, like a tree-like root.