Remember when people worried about being replaced by robots.  Factories automated assembly lines,. And we’re still worrying - scared that technology will replace our human interaction - emails substituting face to face conversations and a good game of Monopoly being swapped out by an afternoon in front of the Xbox.  

 

I was traveling this week and the kids and my husband behind with schedules and notes, clean laundry and groceries.  Less than 24 hours after my departure my daughter came down

Last night I had the pleasure of presenting to parents in Randolph, Vermont - a charming small New England town concerned like may about allowing their children to participate in social networking sites, like MySpace and Facebook.  So, instead of just talking about these sites, the nuances and pitfalls and safety features, we learned about social networking in the best possible way.  We created our own.

 

Arrangements to use the computer lab were made so that approximately a dozen parents could

I’ve felt quite at home in Cabot, Vermont, during my visit here over the past few days.  The weather is similar to Wisconsin (chilly, grey and fallish), this state shares a love of cheese (I can see the world-famous Cabot Creamery from my window), and the folks here are interested in one of my favorite subjects...technology. I’m spending a few days in this  quaint corner of America to present several technology workshops to a town that is small in population, but progressive when it comes to

Parents worry.  A lot.  Take it from me, as possibly one of the biggest worriers I know, fretting over the well-being, academic achievements, social adjustments, general cleanliness and dental hygiene of my kids - all which barely touch on the list of concerns, obsessions and preoccupations I have when it comes to worrying about my family. And now there’s MySpace, and YouTube and instant messaging, computer viruses, and pornography...how can a parent sleep these days?

 

Like they always have -