Mrs. Segal had just reinforced the message that technology restrictions are terribly inconvenient
By Yossie Strickman, as told to Bayla Hersher
ASsoon as I saw that the four-year-old had his own tablet, I knew I would have a problem.
“Our kids have tablets that need to be filtered,” Mr. Segal had said on the phone, so I assumed the kids shared one or two of them.
But when I arrived at their Monsey home, I saw each of the five Segal kids holding a tablet — which meant they were accustomed to having technology available at all times and would resist having that freedom limited by a filter. It also likely meant that they were emotionally attached to their devices.
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