Parents, put down that smartphone for the sake of your kids

Technology has indeed changed our way of life, by causing us to have less interaction and to lose the human touch.

But this also means that, over time, we will start to lose the ability to communicate face to face.

Once, I watched a father and his two daughters, each glued to their smartphones, never talking once during the whole meal, as if they did not know each other. This is a common phenomenon in Shanghai, where I now live.

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