THROWBACK: How the Internet Ruined Kids' Fun
When patience was a virtue.
Long before this site, I had a little blog where I posted for 11 years. It was the genesis of Living in the Past on Substack. For many years, I lived in the past over at Multiple Mayhem Mamma. From a Parenting lens, I looked at the "then and now” and even hosted a podcast by the same name: Parenting Then and Now. Every so often I’ll post some of these classics from early days. Enjoy!
Instant access ruined everything
Once upon a time, kids experienced a few days a year that brought incredible moments of joy.
Birthdays. Christmas. Grandma coming to visit.
The knowledge that these days were on the horizon only added to the excitement that children would feel.
Oftentimes, the waiting was punctuated by a series of important rituals and planning sessions. There were birthday present wish lists to write, letters to Santa Claus with detailed instructions of which particular Barbie to leave under the tree and pronouncements of “good behaviour” that needed to be conveyed to the man in the red s…
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