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The Winter of Our Disconnect
The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone)Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale | Susan Maushart
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The wise and hilarious story of a family who discovered that having fewer tools to communicate with led them to actually communicate more. When Susan Maushart first announced her intention to pull the plug on her family's entire armory (…more)
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LectricSheep
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Getting ready to teach this book to a bunch of college freshmen today! One mom and her three kids turned off all screens in their home for 6 months. It's aimed at parents, so it's a useful tool for talking about audience, and the students disagree with many of her claims, so it's also good for talking about bias. 😂 Plus, it's an entertaining read-- Maushart is funny as hell. (Also shoutout to The Regulator for making bookmarks too bright to lose)

Jaimelire Interesting. 7y
merelybookish Have fun! 7y
LectricSheep @merelybookish Thanks! It's been well received so far. Some students even elected to read the whole book instead of just the assigned chapters. 🙌🏻 7y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Good job!! Seems like the type of book to really engage students and foster discourse. 7y
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LectricSheep
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Pickpick

I've read many books for my #readinginadigitalage course, & none of them have been as personal & compelling as this. An Australian single mom & journalist decides she & her three teenagers will live in a "screen-free" home for six months. She interweaves anecdotes & hard evidence to argue for moderation & intention in technology consumption. I will definitely be making some changes to my life after reading this. All the ❤️ for this little book.

Laura317 My family would revolt, mutiny and have me tarred and feathered before they'd give up their screens (tvs, phones, tablets). 7y
Pruzy But how would you post on Litsy??? 7y
RadicalReader @LectricSheep absolutely amazing book parents should give this a try so children and teens will socialize and interact with one another so they‘ll socialize and express themselves in words and not emojis 7y
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dariazeoli
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Would you #livetotell about it if you unplugged for a long time? It certainly seems, sometimes, that the world isn't set up for an analog life 🤔

#augustgrrrl

Cinfhen I remember hearing about this book... 7y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled My son had to go without wifi for 5 days while we were on vacation and it was like he was in detox. Tremors, pale, cold sweats 😂 7y
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