Before Lauren left for school today, she handed me a permission slip I needed to fill out for a school-related trip she is going on shortly before Thanksgiving. One of the "rules" is that no electronic devices (such as an i-Pod, i-Pad, cell phone, etc.) are allowed. Lauren was telling me that she is "plugged" in from the time she wakes up until the time she goes to bed. The hubby and I both like our television shows. He loves watching sports, I could watch the Food Network all day. Dominic plays educational games on the i-Pad. It got me to wondering, is our family just a little too plugged in? Could we actually go an entire day without using the computer? a cell phone? the television? other electronic devices?? I think social media is especially hard on today's tweens and teens. If you're not tweeting, texting or posting your status updates, you feel like you're out of the "loop." I like Twitter, but I mostly read other people's "tweets." Most of my buddies are on Facebook and since many members of my family and extended family and other close friends live several hundred miles from us, I have found it's the best way for me to keep in touch with them. I joined Pinterest and Tumblr, but I truly have no clue what I'm doing!! This past Tuesday afternoon, instead of me flipping on a cooking show on the television or Dominic playing on the i-Pad, he sat curled up next to me and read me books for a whole 30 minutes :) Guess that's at least a start to becoming less attached to our electronics, right?? How about you and your family? could you go "unplugged" for any length of time? or would it be hard???
We are heading towards 600 orders for Dominic's business. Since our long-term goal for Baked Goods By Dominic is having a "brick-and-mortar" and hire those with disabilities, it is essential and imperative that I continue to teach him all parts of the business. Since I prompted Dominic for so many years for speech, he has become "prompt dependent." What that essentially means is that he will look at me for a prompt, like, "what do you do next?" I do that one a lot. Dominic has been going to a private speech therapist for over ten years and she reminds me often that Dominic usually will know the answer, if I am patient and wait for him. That has been a very hard habit to break! Dominic has an incredible memory, so I put it to the test this morning. I didn't write out the steps, I wanted to see how much he could do completely on his own. We have a customer picking up his order today, but the only thing that had been done is putting the cookies into t...
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