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Texting and the Modern Child

girl using phoneNow, don’t get all self-righteous or report me to your favorite crunchy parenting blog when I tell you this: My 7 year old daughter texts.

I mean, it’s just from her iPod and only to extended family. But it’s still a bit different than when I was growing up.

Especially how it affects parenting.

The other day Chris was away from the house and I got a text from him, “I told Leah she could get up and play at 3:15.”

The thing is, Leah wasn’t feeling good and I had done what any sensible mom would do. I told her to take a nap.

She, on the other hand, felt there were more important things she needed to attend to. We had already had quite the discussion about this, but I hadn’t heard any sounds coming from her room for a while.

So I told him, “I think she’s sleeping now.” I mean, there was no way I was going to wake a sick child, just so she could get her playtime in.

Chris replied, “No. She’s texting me.”

Really? Really?!

I thought the girl was peacefully sleeping her sickness away, with visions of sugarplums dancing in her head. But no. She was texting her dad, trying to get out of Mommy Jail.

It was the classic, “If you don’t like the answer from one parent, try the other one,” ploy.

So. I guess, maybe technology hasn’t really changed parenting that much after all.

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