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If these were Scrabble tiles, what could you spell?
The other night my son, his friend and myself had a nice game of Scrabble going. Or at least they thought we did. I felt like a petulant child as they set there at the table with me and texted to some friends and family members while moving their tiles around to spell a word. To me it was a very boring and annoying game. I could have played it totally by myself and had more fun.
If I had had the above tiles I would have spelled: TURN IT OFF.
I have now banned cell phones from the dinner table and game night. I will not even attempt to talk to my son if he is sitting in front of a computer screen. Watching some TV with him the other night while he was on Facebook, I switched stations and he wasn’t even aware.
Fortunately, he is my last one home and he is almost out the door on his own. I will miss him but not the competition I feel with today’s technology. But I can’t help but wonder how parents with a house full of children are dealing with the invasion of technology and still managing to communicate and have family time together. Can it be done?
Somehow it has too. Somehow we need to find a way to use the advances in technology to improve our lives, help our families and make us smarter and faster without destroying our families.
Please, dear readers, let’s hear from you. How do you spell TURN IT OFF?
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Oh! Yes! Just last night I sat down next to my son while he was watching television and also on facebook at the same time. And Yes! I grabbed the remote and changed the channel. He didn’t notice either. What is it with boys? And why did I ever let an XBOX in my house? The boys get so addicted to these tech entertainment toys. And many times I have to practically get in their face to get their attention. But, if I catch them before they start and clearly state: “I need to talk with you. ” I can actually have a conversation with them for at least 5 minutes. But, my 22 year old daughter admitted that facebook is so addicting for her – she has to force herself to get off. Is it that entertaining? I guess I like to talk with a person face to face or ear to ear. If we want good relationships then we will just have to take back some family time!