Seattle startup brings back the landline for a new generation

Seattle startup brings back the landline for a new generation

The landline, once a staple of youth culture, has become utterly obsolete in American households. The home phone was the only outlet many kids had to get help with homework, gossip with friends, coordinate play dates and prank-call their crush at sleepovers. With the advent of cell phones and the internet, the landline has become a discarded relic, but its absence may be a detriment to young, impressionable kids most of all. Chet Kittleson, fath…