We love technology at school. We use it to supplement the curriculum, to engage the students, to improve productivity. All of that is good! But, the human connections, the eyeball-to-eyeball interactions, the modulation of the voice as we share something important, those cannot be lost. They are too important.
So this weekend, next Tuesday night, or some morning when you decide to go out for breakfast as a family, ban the bits and bytes and just talk. You'll be glad you did.
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