When my husband heard that tens of thousands of people around the Puget Sound were without power and struggling to stay warm in this blizzardy weather around here he had one single pleading concern. "No internet?! Nooooo!!!!" Not, 'oh shoot, we'll be really darn cold without heat' or 'how in the world will we cook dinner?' or 'my, how we will miss hot showers!' Rather, a lament at missing the internet. Ha.
This is our world. This is my life. At one point yesterday we were each on a laptop in the living room under blankets doing our own respective activities or work with two more laptops, a Kindle, three cell phones, a projector, and a Play Station in arm's reach. Granted, two were work laptops, but that is ridiculous. Of course, that is not counting the desktop computer or the multiple other gadgets that overtake our home thanks to a computer-loving husband and masses of technology related items around the house.
Kids know how to work cell phones and digital cameras literally at several months old. Even in third world countries they know to ask to see their picture after you have taken it or to borrow your camera and work it themselves. Eeeks.
Is technology evil? Hecks no! God has given us brains to continue developing entertainment and education and ways to make our lives more efficient and easy.
What is evil is the amount of screen time we take in. (I don't consider reading a book on my Kindle screen time, though it is a sort of screen.) I feel I have to coax people sometimes to play a game. You know an old-fashioned board or card game? One without cords, screens, buttons, or speakers. What about arts and crafts, sports, puzzles, knitting, hobbies that don't have a power cord, and getting some fresh air?
Which brings me to this joyous little book I discovered on another blog and then searched to find everywhere. Good Night iPad. Here's a little video to share the savvy story with you thanks to Amazon.
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