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In this era of information technology, you must always be up to date with the latest trends in the world of electronics. It's hard when you're naïve about the latest gadgets going around. Sadly, I learned that the hard way.
My two kids are already in their teens and they're beginning to have particular interests that are far from what I used to have at that age. I expected this to happen, because one of my greatest regrets in life was the fact that I never got along with my parents. It all stemmed from the fact that I felt that they never tried to understand what was going on in my head most especially when I was a teen. We didn't agree on everything because most of the time they wanted me to agree with them unconditionally. It tore us apart and in the end we did agree on something, to let each other be.
I didn't want that to happen to me and my kids. I wanted our relationship to be open. But I was beginning to notice the same pattern whenever we're at the dinner table. They tend to keep to themselves and their gadgets, be it a phone, an iPod or whatever portable gadget.
I told them one evening that I didn't want those "portable nuances" on the dinner table because we don't get to enjoy each others' company and talk. But instead of doing some good, it just created more tension for us. Now, they rushed to finish their food instead so that they can leave the table. I was little by little turning into my own parents.
In frustration, I turned on to my husband blaming him for buying all those gadgets for our kids. I told him that it was pulling us away from our children.
But my husband calmed me down and said that, I was seeing it all wrong. He said that I was the one pulling myself away from them. He told me to lighten up and look at things at a different perspective. He told me to look back at my problem with my parents and learn from it.
I insisted that I knew what I was doing and that communication on the dinner table is very important in a family. He said that he agreed with me but explained that as the more mature person in the relationship, we should be ready to try to understand what our children are thinking and what sparks their interest. We should strive to be in the same mindset as them because only then can there be something common for us to talk about. That's when I realized where my relationship with my parents went wrong and I swore not to make the same mistake.
All of a sudden, my husband took out his laptop and showed me a particular site. It was a site called Sony Style that showed different types of electronic gadgets. I was completely hooked at the different products it had to offer. He told me that all the gadgets he bought for my kids he learned from this site.
As I looked at each model of the different electronic products on display, I wondered how much my husband had to shell out to buy them for my children. Then, on a whim, he told me to choose anything I wanted. He told me not to worry about the cost because he always gets the best deals here through Sony Style promotion codes. He also said that with the Sony Style promo codes, we'll get the best bargain through big discounts. And we can also get the best treats by availing of the Sony Style coupon codes. Lastly, he told me that it may bridge the gap between me and my kids. At first I was reluctant. But he was insistent so I gave in.
In the succeeding days, there was still a bit of tension. But little by little I tried to understand my children's interest. Time and again I go to Sony Style for help. And when the day came that the gadget my husband bought for me came, everyone was at the dinner table lively talking about this "new addition" to my family. And my kids were the ones enthusiastically teaching me how to use it.
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