It’s frustrating because it’s based on anecdotal evidence and preconceptions. It also defaults to the assumption that all change is bad.
I know plenty of kids these days who read books, lots of them in fact. Often reading fiction and literature especially.
>I know plenty of kids these days who read books, lots of them in fact. Often reading fiction and literature especially.
Well, since you've mentioned anecdotal evidence, all the statistics say kids read less than ever. Down to 1/4 or so of what kids in the 70s read (including eBooks).
https://www.humanitiesindicators.org/content/indicatordoc.as...
And it's seldom wrong either.
Kids do have different behavior in different ages. Whether that's good or bad is another thing (in some things it's bad, in others are good). But culture, habits, etc, are not the same blob of sameness for centuries. Kids in 1950 are different than kids in 2020 or kids in 1900.
In this particular case, indeed, kids these days seldom read books, whether in print or eBook form.
Whether they still read social media pages, and online news, is beside the point when it comes to reading books.