Speaking of Movies.....

I seem to have fallen behind the rest of the world when it comes to gaming and DVRs, I can say that I may be the only person I know that has never owned a game system of any kind, and have only recently gotten my own laptop and signed up for Netflix. I mean, how have i survived? I don't know, but i think the question is how does the rest of society survive? How, with the constant access to technology do people get anything done? I mean, I have had a cell for years, mostly smart phones, but after becoming a parent i realized that my phone got in the way of my relationship with my daughter. How are our children expected to develop any connection to us when we are constantly staring at a screen instead of them? I am constantly seeing things on Facebook saying things like, I used to play outside till the lights came on, that's the way it should be. But that's a different way of life. More families were single incomes, more moms stayed home, more family members like grandparents and aunts lived in house or nearby. Kids were safer, and parents, and kids alike had more time together. What will our children have to say about us? Will they say we danced in the rain? rode bikes? read stories ourselves no tech involved, taught them how to cook, to bake, went berry picking how amny kids will actually have more than just a handful of scattered memories where we are actually in their lives? The best thing I can do for my daughter is turn off the television, the computer, the cellphone and get down and play barbies or puzzles or make cookies for tea parties with her. At the time I wrote this my daughter was sleeping.