Subj : Re: Screens Distract Stud
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Mar 29 2025 08:00 am

> Social interaction is definitely a huge issue these days. I see my niece's
> kids up at the cottage here beside me with beaches and water toys and
> boats and nature hikes etc.. and, if they aren't thrown out of the cottage,
> they would spend almost all their time laying on a couch with their
> faces in a Tablet, and this has been going on since they were as young
> as 3 or 4 years old. They are now about 6 and 9..

It is good that your niece gets them motivated to be outdoors and not
constantly online.  A lot of kids seem to lack that motivation and it shows.

> As for school stuff, I think you retain more when you read it in a book
> rather than from a screen, but I may be prejudiced since I normally read
> about 200 paper books a year..   B)

I used to read a lot more than I do now, but I don't think I ever got up to
reading that many in a year.  ;)

Mike

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