Like for months?
I'm seriously considering pulling the plug on both the internet and the cable this summer. We moved to a farm 15 months ago and last summer my kids haven't been outside any more than they were when we lived in town! I want them to experience the life I had growing up...you know, that BORING life with no internet and 3 channels on the TV. I want them to play until they're sweated out and then eat popcycles under the shade tree. I want them to built a tree house and play in the pasture.
I certainly don't want them watching continual reruns of Zach and Cody.
The reason I want to yank the net is because for the past 14 years it has been a huge part of my day. I want to have more time to play with my kids. I want to sit on my patio and read a book. I want to have a huge garden this year. I'm missing all of that because of my stupid net addiction.
I just got this book called "The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone)Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale" by Susan Maushart. I'm going to read it soon and see how they did it, but I'm pretty sure my kids won't put up the stink her kids did. We'll still have local channels, after all...and DVD's...and the Wii...and computer games...
Has anyone else unplugged for a season? How did that work for you?
I'm seriously considering pulling the plug on both the internet and the cable this summer. We moved to a farm 15 months ago and last summer my kids haven't been outside any more than they were when we lived in town! I want them to experience the life I had growing up...you know, that BORING life with no internet and 3 channels on the TV. I want them to play until they're sweated out and then eat popcycles under the shade tree. I want them to built a tree house and play in the pasture.
I certainly don't want them watching continual reruns of Zach and Cody.
The reason I want to yank the net is because for the past 14 years it has been a huge part of my day. I want to have more time to play with my kids. I want to sit on my patio and read a book. I want to have a huge garden this year. I'm missing all of that because of my stupid net addiction.
I just got this book called "The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone)Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale" by Susan Maushart. I'm going to read it soon and see how they did it, but I'm pretty sure my kids won't put up the stink her kids did. We'll still have local channels, after all...and DVD's...and the Wii...and computer games...
Has anyone else unplugged for a season? How did that work for you?