“Several weeks ago, I spoke to a large group of elementary students in grades 4 to 6. One teacher had asked her class to prepare questions in advance, which were written on pieces of paper and handed to me at the front of the room. I did my best to get through them but ran out of time. I stuffed the rest of the questions into my bag.
Back home, I found myself flipping through them—there’s something irresistibly cute about children’s handwriting—and one question jumped out at me. A child had written, “How do I get my siblings to play with me instead of tech?” I paused, looking at the crookedly formed words, and my heart lurched a little. The question was practical, straightforward, and yet I sensed an underlying confusion, a sense of loss and disorientation, that filled me with sadness. It read like a small, mournful cry for help.”
This is an extract from Katherine Martinko’s Substack blog.
You can change your family’s rules and your mind at any time.
- Devices need to go away
- Fill the void.
The Analog Family -> Read this if you need some information to form your thinking.
