08/15/2024
Wow! Amazing Ted talk and she was only 7 years old.
My kids are 24, 22, 8 and 6 and while I do mostly the same with my little ones as I did with my older ones, things are a little different today. I didn’t have a smart phone, laptop or tablet when the older ones were little. Today I do a lot on my devices. Work, shopping, reading, social media, googling everything (the infinite library as my husband calls it) and I watch more videos than I ever did back then.
I put my devices down and pay attention to my kids but I’m now thinking that’s not enough because I’m still kind of distracted and my thoughts still stray to whatever it is I was just doing and I usually get right back to it the very second I can. I think what I need to do is just not pick them up during various times of the day or try to pick certain time slots to get done what needs to be done and leave the device behind. Something. I don’t know but this little girl is right..
“Every moment together is an opportunity to connect, talk and play. Imagine the difference we could make if everyone, everywhere, did this. To us, to children, it’s soo much more than just a game. It’s our future.”
Let’s put these devices away and connect, talk and play.❤️
Whether you have kids or not… Watch it. It’s 7 minutes and 42 seconds.
If you have little ones, maybe do it while on break at work or while they’re in school, playing on their own or sleeping.
"What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaki...
