Another day, another “bad mom” meme or rant. Oh look, this one’s about how she’s always on her phone. How original. Sigh. What is it with our obsession with moms and their phones? If a dad popped out of a school performance to take a call we’d be fine with it. We might roll our eyes and … [Read more...]
c u l8r mom
Yes.I bought my daughter a mobile phone. My nearly-ten-year-old daughter. Why, you ask? Well, this fall she'll be riding the school bus all on her own (and yes, I do know that plenty of kids start riding school buses waaaay before grade five and they don't need mobile phones). Thing is, she'll … [Read more...]
Culture of (In)convenience
My nearly eight year-old daughter just phoned me at home. From my own cell phone. From the kitchen. She actually walked from the kitchen to the laundry room (conveniently located beside the foot of the stairs, which is within yelling distance of me at present), rummaged through my purse to find my … [Read more...]