What is surprising is how the habits you adopt as you get older give away your age immediately to anyone looking. Chances are, you've reached that age where you really don't care, though, and that's pretty awesome. However, today, older millennials, Gen Xers, and boomers are having a harder time reading the factory-setting font on their phones. AdvertisementHowever, the second someone references their youth this way, it’s pretty easy to assume that they’re middle-aged or older. Learning cursive and putting pen to paper has serious developmental benefits for kids that many Gen Zers missed out on.