The Relief Society Lesson today was fascinating. Dude. It was on a talk by Elder Bednar about avoiding cyber dangers, which automatically has you think of pornography. But it was actually about virtual reality games. How virtual reality robs us of the experiences we need to have IN OUR BODIES and how Satan uses the addictive nature of electronics to distract us from what we should be doing.
I'd read the talk before. I remember the part about the 35ish year old man who had a character on second life that had "become" his life...six hours a day, 14 hours a day on weekends..."being" this character.
Well, I don't have that problem, but I do see that while there are wonderful things about the internet, I can easily waste a lot of time. And wasting time is not making a good choice.
I also enjoyed the class discussion afterwards. I mentioned that I think we all have ways we waste time, whether it's the internet, or "So You Think You Can Dance?" we all could improve our time.
And I remembered something. Emily had asked me just last night if she could have a FooPet. It's a virtual puppy she's adopted. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. I believe as a parent it is my job not to prevent her from doing things like this, but to teach her how to live in the world, but not become of the world. I'd like her to have a FooPet and decide for herself how to limit her time with her dog. Or that she really isn't that interested in it. Learning that lesson NOW as opposed to when she flunks out of college...is SO much better.
But Kelsie is kinda cute: (and no mess)
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