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The Winter of Our Disconnect - Community Reviews back

by Susan Maushart
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Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 12 years ago
An interesting story about a woman who disconnects herself and her family from home laptop/ipod/digital devices and TV for six months, starting cold turkey with no electricity. While it says Winter she's actually dealing with Australian summer, starting in January 2009 she disconnects them all from ...
halfmanhalfbook
halfmanhalfbook rated it 12 years ago
Excellent book about getting the mix of technology and family life right
DesireesShelves
DesireesShelves rated it 14 years ago
Interesting story of a mother and her three teenagers who pull the plug on technology! I learned a new word: Thaasophobia, the fear of boredom.... another disease I have, lol! It is hard to get bored with all the technology we have today, but turning it all off = thaasophobia!According to Thoreau, "...
Chew & Digest Books
Chew & Digest Books rated it 14 years ago
I really enjoyed the sense of humor that Maushart through into this. Seriously, we all spend too much time glued to one screen or another and she found just how much we are giving up to do so. The research that she did was a fabulous bonus. I also have to give her kids a pat on the back for going al...
carey
carey rated it 14 years ago
I loved the idea of this, bit not very well written and rather repetitive.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 14 years ago
Pop-psychology that I'm not doing cart-wheeling over and seem to be in the minority here. How one mother imposed techno-silence on three angry teenagers for six months - and lived to tell the tale..blurb from BBC - For anyone who's ever taken their phone to bed or sneaked a look at their Blackberry ...
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