I asked my 17-year-old son this the other night. At first he said “no way.” Then he thought about it and said “yes, because it is Friday night to Saturday night and I don’t need to go on the Internet for school.” But when I said it meant texting too, he balked. “I could never do that!”
I make my living promoting technology, but I am going to unplug. My husband is going to unplug and I am hoping my children can figure out how to unplug in order to experience the third annual National Day of Unplugging fully. I am going on Facebook and Twitter to encourage everyone in my community to take the causes.com pledge. We need a break, we need to unplug and get to know ourselves and one another — the real us.
The National Day of Unplugging was created by Reboot, a non-profit organization that encourages the hyper-connected to take a respite from all things digital, to leave the virtual world and get real.
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