Slate's tech columnist Farhad Manjoo and Dear Prudence advice columnist Emily Yoffe debate the question: Should parents always come to the door and introduce themselves or chat when picking up their kids from a playmate’s house? A father laments that texts have taken the place of face-to-face parental interaction in his neighborhood.

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