"I hate my mom's phone and I wish she never had one"
by Carolyn Robertson posted in Parenting
When Louisiana elementary school teacher Jen Beason asked her students to write about an invention they wish had never been invented, she was surprised to find that several of her students admitted they would get rid of smart phones if they could.
It's a somewhat unexpected response - after all, we so often hear worried reports about how addicted kids are to technology these days. If you've ever tried to pry an iPad out of a preschooler's sticky hands, you've probably had your own concerns about it. Children aren't the only ones harboring tech obsessions, though.
Ms. Beason shared the example below of one of her second grader's assignments on Facebook, noting that of the 21 kids in her class, 4 wrote about ditching phones. "If I had to tell you what invention I don't like I would say that I don't like the phone. I don't like the phone because my parents are on their phone every day. A phone is sometimes a really bad havit. I hate my mom's phone and I wish she never had one."
Ouch. I'm guessing I'm not the only parent feeling a pang of guilt after reading that very honest response. The thousands of likes and shares show that the post hit home for a lot of us.
It's definitely one of the biggest generational changes in parenting. When I was growing up, there were no such thing as cell phones, never mind smart phones. At risk of dating myself, I still remember stretching the coiled cord on our landline into the laundry room,...
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