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Alice Chen's avatar

My kid lost my smart phone for a month. First, I thought I couldn’t live without it, but I quickly adapted… I really should consider going back to a flip phone, but the smart phone just replaces so many gadgets for me! Looking forward to hearing more about your phone journey ❤️

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KateMotleyStories's avatar

I loved your mentions of life in Germany. I lived there for a year and loved the forests. It is great that your kids are getting used to long walks. That will help keep them away from the phone.

I personally think we need to get used to keeping the phone with us, but not over-using it. As you say, the camera in the phone is great (though I also think we often take a photo when we should just be looking), and there is your address book, compass, calculator etc. etc.

We need to learn to use the phone as a useful tool, and only occassionally use it for recreation; perhaps only use it at times when it would be acceptable to read a book.

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