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I'd put the smack down on texting... I'm sick of cell phone ettiquette and the belief we're all suppose to be so readily available for every text, facebook entry, and phone call. We're missing the special moments at dinner with loved ones, or hell we're just missing some good ole fashion silence. But video games and TV are fine. Why interact with your kids when you can prop them up in front of a TV? But have them watch NeverEnding Story or The Princess Bride, maybe they'll turn off the tech and go read a book or play outside.
Doctor Borderless
Falcor: Never give up and good luck will find you.
Grandpa: When I was your age, television was called books. And this is a special book. It was the book my father used to read to me when I was sick, and I used to read it to your father. And today I'm gonna read it to you.
Ahhh kids. They're just doin' what you used to do when rock-n-roll first came out, when MTV first aired, when you finally got your own phone in your room. They're kids! Unfortunately, some never grow up, some never have instilled in them the whole 'time and place for everything' ethic and you have to deal with the same irksome behaviour when they're stupidhead adults. Nothing worse than being behind someone too consumed with texting that they hold up the line or slow traffic or worse.I gently suggest you make your darling cherubs watch the following:
Pulse
Brainscan
Videodrome
and just because it's brilliant, Network.
You could always employ the Sean Connery method- 'a good smackin' to remind them of their place doesn't hurt'- for extra emphasis. You're welcome. -Dr. H
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