tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post2369421972661776576..comments2023-06-01T18:03:09.243+10:00Comments on The Idea of Home: A shell, a cup, a shoeAlison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-35572170104533816262010-03-15T10:36:15.914+11:002010-03-15T10:36:15.914+11:00Navigating the gadgets is certainly constant. It&#...Navigating the gadgets is certainly constant. It's too hard to give up our adult tools / toys: my laptop, the iPhone; they are so useful, and enable much more family time especially for my husband - but then they can be so distracting.<br /><br />By the way, a friend just gave us some cookies she found shaped like mobile phones. My kids 'chatted' on them for ages before eating them. Hilarious.Alison Sampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-56854365043201198672010-03-09T06:07:12.540+11:002010-03-09T06:07:12.540+11:00My kids are all grown but I often wonder what it w...My kids are all grown but I often wonder what it would have been like to navigate through all the technology that is at their fingertips today. Probably one of the best things I did as a mother was read to them every night from the time my oldest was 10 months old until she was 16. I think it must take a lot of on purpose decisions nowadays. Not that it didn't then. It did. But I feel for you because I really do think it is a trickier path to navigate now.<br />The thing to have been worried about though, really was if your daughter hadn't looked guilty that she took the iphone. That would be of greater concern in the whole scope of things. That she did says something really good about your parenting.Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-65328152214442881972010-03-02T03:53:20.147+11:002010-03-02T03:53:20.147+11:00I absolutely love this post. I feel the same way a...I absolutely love this post. I feel the same way about traveling. I used to live in New Hampshire. My favorite way to spend a weekend in summer was to drive up the main coast. Those were some of the best memories of my life. Your beautifully written post brought that all back. Thank you.Kathy M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17266701533758183054noreply@blogger.com