moonshadow wrote:There will be no more "out and about in the world" anymore... everyone will be home.
Hi Moon and Jenn,
My kids are 25 and 30 so the teen years are well past. When they were at that stage social media just did not have the mass penetration we are seeing nowadays.
The problem with being a parent at any stage is that there is no formula for success. I won't offer up any spurious advice on how to deal with Amber. I can only send my best wishes to the 3 of you for a happy outcome.
One thing that I have noticed that social media fixation is really not exclusive to the teenagers among us. There are plenty of more mature years who really should know better.
Moon, I really want to say something about Facebook and being "out and about". I needn't go into my current health stuff, that's becoming boring. I just have not been out and about in any meaningful way since October last year. I have used FB as a pseudo window on the world. I do not spend vast amounts of time on it and also stay very aware of the pitfalls too. I recently had a virtual chat with another café patron regarding his holiday in the other side of the world while he was actually there. No substitute for meat space communications but they do help to mitigate some of the feelings of isolation.
I think that the answer is to keep perspective and proportion on the whole subject and never let it become paramount in life.
I am also fortunate that the beginning of the end of my confinement will be next week. The first operation is scheduled for the 13th February. At the first opportunity, I will certainly be out and about. I even have a new outfit worked out for the occasion too.
Steve.