The article noted an incident where a woman shushed her child while she finished texting or emailing on her Blackberry. The child was pulling at his mom's leg and then tried biting her to get her attention.
Oh no! The kid isn't the center of the mom's universe! Oh the horror!
Yeah. The kid can wait and learn not to bite to get attention. Patience, my dear, boy. Patience.
But this article got me to thinking about my own Blackberry, iPod Touch, and computer use. Yep, I shush my kids when I'm on the computer (and on the phone -- but I usually only talk on the phone for work and I work from home.) I completely ignored the kids when I read the NY Times article about how bad we are as parents when we use technology to ignore our children. I love irony.
What, Miles? Huh? Ok...you can paint the walls green. Now leave me alone. I'm reading NY Times.
I get the bulk of my news online. Of course I'm going to ignore the kids. Have you read the news lately? Geez Louise, there's a lot of shit happening around the world. Crazy stuff -- oil spill, North Korea, Israel. Oy.
I even tune the kids out when I check my email on my Blackberry or iPhone. Although, I do draw the line at texting while driving. Seriously, though... is it that important that you must text while driving? Is it that urgent of a message?
The way I figure it, the kids ignore me on a daily basis. Caitlynn? Clean up your mess. CAITLYNN! CLEAN. UP. YOUR. MESS. HELLO!?? I'M TALKING TO YOU.
So, I view ignoring the kids as fair play. If they want something bad enough (like food), they'll get it themselves and then make a huge mess in the kitchen. At least they are fed and I didn't have to stop playing Sims 3 on my iPod Touch in order to feed them (man alive they eat a lot!). My Sim just got promoted! Yay for me!
Mama! MAMA! MAMAMAMAMAMAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Children?
What children?
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