When we approach the issue of media and how our children relate to it, we need to look at it as the opportunity to give them a great gift; when we put media in its proper place in our family, we give our children the gift of imagination and time, and a healthy relationship with technology.
My husband makes a living doing web and graphic design; by default our home is relatively tech-friendly. I appreciate the good that technology offers, but the downside is that I am apparently a highly suggestible person and when he's parked at the kitchen island working on his computer I somehow find myself sitting there staring at the tablet. What? Isn't this what we're doing right now? Sigh.
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Linking up with Ginny today for her Yarn Along to share what I've been knitting and reading! I spent the four or so hours on the way home from our vacation a couple of weeks ago making good progress on the body of a flax light pattern sweater for Tenny. I did swatch for this and matched the stated gauge but I'm feeling like stressed road trip knitting is maybe producing a rather trim sweater. Ha! Oops! We'll have to see (the yarn is Knit Picks Stroll Tonal in Poppy Fields).
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