A long paragraph with no break. ha! sorry!

I was in Panera today and I overheard three mamas talking about their kids. They were talking about the technology struggle, how their children only wanted to play video games and watch netflix. How their children wanted laptops and ipads for Christmas. I couldn't tell how old their kids were, but they didn't sound old enough to need laptops. Anyway, it doesn't matter. That's not the point. The point is that my family barely even had a computer when I was growing up. (Macintosh, black and white. Sometimes we played duck hunter or the Oregon trail :) ) I was only allowed to watch PBS, and there were time limits. But I realize that now, I know a lot about certain things. I read books upon books upon books about dogs. "Boring," full of words books. I read them, cover to cover. I studied animals and I watched the squirrel family outside, I took notes about their behavior. I studied things. The TV shows I watched were truly educational. And now, I have a decent amount of knowledge about dogs and other animals. I don't credit that to school. I credit that to the reality that my life wasn't swallowed by technology.