On mornings like this when my husband is doing carpentry work in the backyard and I am frantically cleaning the house, I am grateful that Harmony can play by herself. One moment she is playing "fishing," next she's turned into a pirate looking for treasure. The next hour, she is reading a book to her stuffed toys, then she puts on her backpack and pretends she is taking the airplane to San Diego to visit her cousin. All morning long, she has been entertaining herself.
I am thankful to God for the willpower that He gave us for the first 4 years of her life when we set that "no electronics" policy for her. It was hard, and sometimes, we felt bad for her because she felt so deprived whenever she sees her friends play with tablets, iPads or their parent's smart phones. And for us, it was inconvenient because we always lugged around a sketch pad and crayons everywhere we went.
But now, we are reaping the rewards of that. She has a great imagination, artistic abilities and a good attention span. Though she is allowed now once in a while to touch the lap top or tablet, it is only with extreme parental supervision.
I know, laugh all you want and call us old fashioned. But we grew up with no electronics either and we turned out okay. So we're sticking to this parenting policy. smile emoticon
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