A panelist in a discussion about female digital behavior offered perhaps a microcosm about how important Internet usage has become for busy mothers.
A Florida teacher said her first instinct
when she comes home at night is to put in dinner and then hit the Web as it cooks. But over time, she has tempered that, as her kids offered some resistance.
So, she has declared a block of
time later in the evening as "Mommy and Daddy time," which she uses for Web surfing. “I have tried to make 9 o'clock my time.â€
But times have changed ...
“Hey, it
used to be sex, now it's computer time,†she said to a roomful of laughter.
And she said she is "totally relaxed" in front of the computer. Hmmm ...