Land n Sand Jan / Feb 2014 | Page 29

st is that technology gets blamed all the time. We are. It is our fear, our lack of knowledge, our ourselves and in our children that is the problem.” The child who killed his mother because she took away his computer game did not do it because of the computer, the game he was playing or because he was playing for more than 2 hours a day. He did it because his mother had frozen. She had stopped talking to him, stopped eating at least one meal a day with him, stopped hugging him and allowed him to retreat into a world that she was not a part of. with a book, uninterested in going outside or playing with friends? If you have banned technology or are extremely strict about usage you have as much of a problem as someone who allows their children free reign. You are sending them off into the world handicapped. Take technology out of the equation for a min