Dad takes son to Mongolia to get him off his phone
If you already have an inclination to travel to Mongolia, this makes for an interesting &quot;last straw&quot; to justify going. I like the relative desolation of the American Midwest, in part because of the no-tech&#x2F;no-connectivity of large swaths; any excuse to go there is appreciated.<p>Once that hurdle is cleared, going to such an extreme for disconnecting helps hammer home the point to the kid: cellular connectivity isn&#x27;t just a few feet of separation from phone, or a few miles outside cell service, it&#x27;s far enough that disconnection is absolute &amp; profound - you can drive (not just walk) for <i>days</i> and still not get a connection.<p>The real horror is a society so deeply dependent on something they use so intimately yet so completely fail to understand. Getting kids &quot;back to the Earth&quot; is very important, full &amp; complete disconnect from &quot;technology&quot; so they can grasp their own ability to live &amp; thrive without it. Clarke: &quot;any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic&quot;; we&#x27;re there, and while the benefits are good, the psychological dependency &amp; mystery isn&#x27;t. Go somewhere distant from technology, forage&#x2F;hunt food, make a meal over an open fire, and sleep under the stars - so vital for a child&#x27;s psychological well-being.<p>[ETA: &quot;Midwest&quot; referring to roughly the boundary between central plains and Rocky Mountains.]