Every kid and every grandkid in my experience is a total egoist. Me too. They CAN be trained out of it, but you have to keep at them pretty much full time. For a couple of decades. And it doesn’t always work. I’m sort of okay… make that “SORT OF” okay with people learning to cooperate even if it’s with a phone proxy… because it’s not the KIND of communication that matters but the EXISTENCE of communication. (When I was that age, I did the approximate equivalent of this behavior by retreating into a book, or going for a hike or bike ride. The kids did the same. The grandkids prefer videos or games to books (a shame, I think). If they’re TALKING to each other that’s a step up.
Besides, what about Covid… or the flu… or mass shootings if you happen to gather together?
Every kid and every grandkid in my experience is a total egoist. Me too. They CAN be trained out of it, but you have to keep at them pretty much full time. For a couple of decades. And it doesn’t always work. I’m sort of okay… make that “SORT OF” okay with people learning to cooperate even if it’s with a phone proxy… because it’s not the KIND of communication that matters but the EXISTENCE of communication. (When I was that age, I did the approximate equivalent of this behavior by retreating into a book, or going for a hike or bike ride. The kids did the same. The grandkids prefer videos or games to books (a shame, I think). If they’re TALKING to each other that’s a step up.
Besides, what about Covid… or the flu… or mass shootings if you happen to gather together?