Question
What's your opinion of a weekly electronic-free family day to help teens get rid of distractions and focus on the family? Also, we take a yearly trip to spend about a week with their grandparents on the family farm. Last year we were really disappointed in the amount of time they chose to chat with friends, text, and look at social media during their stay there. While we don't expect 24/7 engagement with the grandparents, part of being together, is just being around, in the present, so moments can happen. I mentioned this idea to the grandparents but they didn't want us to "punish" the girls by cutting them off from all friend communication. What are your thoughts? Perhaps a balance between electronic free and total ban?
