Lessons from an enforced digital detox – for two

When Geraldine Walsh’s phone broke, it meant a two-week enforced digital detox – for her and her four year old.

It seems as though my phone has its tight little antennas dug into me. I “need” my phone as much as the next person needs their’s. Like most people, I’ve forgotten to bring it with me on a night out and there have been days when I accidentally left it at work. It was temporary so the separation was bearable, albeit with a slight scratching underneath the skin until I was able to paw all over the screen again.