Regarding Bob Greene’s “From TV Dinners to Smartphones” (op-ed, May 13): Please don’t blame the 1950s TV dinner for today’s screen addiction. I was a 1980s latchkey kid, and some of my favorite memories involved coming home from school, choosing something to heat up from the freezer and watching family sitcom reruns.
My adolescent children’s experience is society’s desecration of that way of life, not an evolution from it. Today, mobile devices endlessly spew entertainment that rarely models healthy social behavior. By contrast, shows like “The Brady Bunch” reinforced to young viewers, especially those from dysfunctional families, what healthy relationships and communication look like. I would welcome technology that brings back some of that warmth and positivity.
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