May 10, 2011Lighting a Candle of Technology“Corbin and Eric want you to read to them, Mimi.” It’s not unusual for our son, Philip, to let us know that his sons want their grandmother to read to them. So this last Sunday Phyllis pulled out The Magic Bicycle by John Bibee. And as they sat quietly and attentive, she read to them—via Skype. Since our grandsons are in Tucson and we are in Technology has been a deterrent to reading of books by all accounts and surveys. Video games, social media, texting, DVDs and more have sucked away hours each day from young and old alike. In the spirit of (to use a pre-modern We give books as gifts as well. And their parents are glad to add those to the collection that populates the bookshelves in their room. Reading opens not only windows to knowledge but to the imagination. Pirates and princesses, elephants and elves—all await between the covers. And so does building a bond—between parent and child, grandparent and grandchild. Posted by Andy Le Peau
at May 10, 2011 7:33 AM
FYI, the Wall Street Journal just had a nice piece on grandparents keeping in touch with grandkids via tech and social media. Skyping to read books together is a great example of this. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703280904576247152267875970.html Comment by: Al Hsu at May 10, 2011 8:14 AMThose kids have an amazing grandmother!!!! Comment by: Phyllis at May 12, 2011 2:09 PMComments are closed for this entry. |
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