Every time we eat out, my son and his wife are always busy checking and replying to emails, while my grandson plays online games or texts his friends all the time.

每次我们出去吃饭，我的儿子和他的妻子总是忙于查看和回复电子邮件，而我的孙子总是玩网络游戏或给他的朋友发短信。

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One day, while we were walking down the street, my son went to a store to see if there was a coat he wanted.

一天，我们走在街上时，我儿子去一家商店看是否有他想要的外套。

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I mean, I can stay at home with my son while still earning a good income, I have flexible hours, and I'm pretty much guaranteed to never be out of work.

我的意思是，我可以在家陪我的儿子同时有个很好的收入，我有着十分自由的时间，并且我工作能力很强不会失业。

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There were also no daycare centers in my city, Worcester, Massachusetts, for children under 3, so I had no place to put my son while working an office job, even if I could have afforded it.

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But while I believe my son knows not to communicate with "strangers, " the way he's exposing his life in cyberspace is making me tense.

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He recommended we thump the taps, so while my husband and I went upstairs to try this, my three-year-old son ran for a pee into the marble-clad bathroom whose door opens directly onto the shower floor.

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