Because of digital technology, the next generation expects to be able to modify and customize all of the elements of their world. Children do not want to be viewers, they want to be doers. They want to interact with their environment and change it according to their likes and needs. They want to be full, conscious and active with everything they encounter. These children thrive on change.
Reality becomes flexible and fluid.
Boomers understand reality as a given. Their children understand reality as a construct as something they build. This blurring of meaning between various realities is a very Catholic thing. We live in a world that, while it took billions of years to form, was really created in only seven days. We celebrate the multiple presences of Christ while continuing to argue over which one is the really Real Presence.