In her highly entertaining book “The Winter of Our Disconnect“, author Susan Maushart details the lessons her family of 3 teenagers learned when they lived without technology for six months.
At the end of the book, she sums up her lessons:
The 11 Commandments of Screen Hygiene
- Thou shalt not fear boredom
- Thou shalt not “multitask” (not until by kingdom come, thy homework be done)
- Thou shalt not surf mindlessly (open up a browser, and wonder “what was I looking for?”)
- Thou shalt not text and drive (or talk, or sleep)
- Thou shalt keep the Sabbath as screen free day
- Thou shalt keep thy bedroom a media free zone
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s upgrade
- Thou shalt set your accounts to “private”
- Thou shalt bring no media to thy dinner
- Thou shalt bring no dinner to thy media
- Thou shalt love the real world, with all thy heart and all thy soul
Mike Wise 
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