No Phone Calls, No Emails, No Texts
When her 14-year-old son went on a two-week backpacking course in the Wind River Range, Robin Noble realized something: in a world of constant communication, there’s value in disconnecting. Temporarily unable to call, email, or text his family and friends at home, her son developed greater self-reliance—and Robin learned the importance of letting go.
“Turns out getting all wound up about my kids’ compulsive phone use was actually a cover for my own incessant communication addiction. I’m as bad as they are.
It hit me this summer when my 14-year-old son took a two-week backpacking trip in the Wyoming wilderness. Apparently the National Outdoor Leadership School doesn’t buy the benefits of unimpeded parent-child communications. ‘No news is good news,’ they told me.
Huh?
No phone calls, no emails, no texts. No communication whatsoever, not even weather updates from the staff. Being in the field meant being there completely, with no check-ins home.”
Topics: News, Wind River Range
