“Maturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions.”

“...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not.”

“No one's brain is different enough to make constant interruptions, distractions, and task-switching an optimal environment in which to function. No one's.”

“SMS made everything negotiable: hour by hour, minute by minute. There was no such thing as a firm plan or a final schedule.”

“Parenting in the age of mobile communication really does allow us to be there for our kids in a way never before possible.”

“Giving up one activity does not guarantee you will take up a more worthy substitute.”

“The mind boggles, in other words, but the brain toggles- sometimes quite rapidly, from one task to the next.”