Walk right on through

Collecting (good) habits as you go

Apart from the mass migration to the screen

As if a newly discovered continent

Complete with all the golden treasure & jewels

As could be imagined

By a 19th century adventurer

Or the 20th century big-game hunter

Out to explore the un-known

Now visiting the internet

Converting pixels to reality.

The advantages of ease of communication -

Cheap, instant texts, brief, video, etc. -

Make each contact less valuable.

Imagine when you had to wait for a letter

How important that makes the letter.

Then to phone & then computer & then...?

Isolation from social media

May lessen the effects of tech

If personal contact is added to the menu.

These needs vary considerably by many factors.

In each family ethics are formed -

The importance of avoiding evil, hate & anger

Becomes of great importance

Since an abundance of it

Is at children's fingertips every day.

How they envision the world around them

Is germinated in the family.

Parents best not assign the responsibility

To schools, government, or "others."

One can see the rewards of good parenting

As easily as seeing the results

Of absentee or poor parenting.