Thanks, Antoinnette, for this excellent post. I’ll send it on to my daughter who has twin 14 year old girls. She is on vacation with one of them right now and she told me that they stack their phones when they are on any kind of sightseeing tour or at meals. It’s something they agreed to do before they went on vacation.
Thanks so much for reading and sharing. Cheers to your daughter and granddaughters for being so intentional about guarding their precious time together. Imagine where we could be if more parents took control in that way. Just bought my copy of your book "Daughter of Spies" and can't wait to read it. It looks incredible!
Unfettered access to social media is killing kids willingness to learn, and in my conversations with them it’s obvious that they have very little supervision. Girls (mostly) say horrid things to one another, and when I’ve seen and reported things, it’s very difficult for the school to get involved unless they can show it’s effecting them at school. I am slightly hopeful, because a few of my students that don’t have phones are very proud of their *alternative lifestyle* and maybe that sentiment will grow, at least a little.
Thanks, Antoinnette, for this excellent post. I’ll send it on to my daughter who has twin 14 year old girls. She is on vacation with one of them right now and she told me that they stack their phones when they are on any kind of sightseeing tour or at meals. It’s something they agreed to do before they went on vacation.
Hi Elizabeth!
Thanks so much for reading and sharing. Cheers to your daughter and granddaughters for being so intentional about guarding their precious time together. Imagine where we could be if more parents took control in that way. Just bought my copy of your book "Daughter of Spies" and can't wait to read it. It looks incredible!
Thanks for buying "Daughter of Spies." I think the picture of Washington, D.C. during the Cold War from a child's point of view will interest you.
Love it- I don’t have teenagers, but my coworkers with older kids all insist on having super clear boundaries.
Unfettered access to social media is killing kids willingness to learn, and in my conversations with them it’s obvious that they have very little supervision. Girls (mostly) say horrid things to one another, and when I’ve seen and reported things, it’s very difficult for the school to get involved unless they can show it’s effecting them at school. I am slightly hopeful, because a few of my students that don’t have phones are very proud of their *alternative lifestyle* and maybe that sentiment will grow, at least a little.