living without the computer

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        Jan 18, 12:45 PM (ET)

By BETH J. HARPAZ

NEW YORK (AP) - Susan Maushart lived out every parent's fantasy: She unplugged her teenagers.

For six months, she took away the Internet, TV, iPods, cell phones and video games. The eerie glow of screens stopped lighting up the family room. Electronic devices no longer chirped through the night like "evil crickets." And she stopped carrying her iPhone into the bathroom. -- Complete story

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