We live a much busier life than our parents' generation. Nowdays more and more families have double incomes and send their young kids to daycares and schools. Emails, instant messages, pagers and cell phones keep us inter-connected all time. Are we really connected as we think?
Here is the daily ritual for many families. In the morning, wake up the kids and get them ready, rush to work after dropping them at the school. Keep busy all day at work. In the evening, pick up the kids and hurry back home, cook and have dinner together; spend some time with the kids since the parents have seen them for a long day, and then tug them to bed after the shower.
After going through all the activities, I found myself exhausted and just wanted to sit in front of TV before going to sleep. There was not much time for talk between me and my wife. Recently, my wife suggested me to give up wathing TV. Instead, we sit down and talk about what happened to each other during the day. This really helps us get more connected.
