Like clockwork, new devices and technology come along to enhance and enrich our lives. Smart phones and tablets are the laptops and PDA’s of our Age. Small often pocket sized gadgets are more powerful and are capable of accessing so much more content than was imaginable even a short decade ago.
I was leaving a restaurant recently and I noticed a young family at a table near the door. As I walked by I glanced over and saw the family happily and most importantly quietly waiting for their server. The kid wasn’t disruptively playing with utensils testing his parent’s patience, Dad wasn’t breaking his neck to see the game on the various televisions hoisted all over the place, and Mom wasn’t busy wrangling both into having a civilized night out of the house.
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