What would your child do if the power went out for 24 hours?

Mary Nunaley

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🛜 No WiFi.

🧑‍💻 No tablets.

📺 No TV.

💡 No lights.

🧀 No fridge humming in the background.

We lived through this just a few weeks ago after an ice storm. Let’s just say we got creative!

Here’s the question to ask your kids:

“If we had a total power outage for 24 hours, what’s the very first thing you’d do to keep from being bored?”

Two rules for you, the grown-up:

Just listen. No fixing. No improving their idea.
You answer too. What would you miss when you’re not busy scrolling?

Something shifts when we stop and listen. The ideas get creative. The tone shifts. The seed gets planted.

Life outside the screen?

It’s actually interesting.

This is Day 1 of a 7-day series I’m running inside Connected Through Play, all about stopping the screen struggle through communication, cooking, and play.

No shame.

No dramatic “throw the tablets away.”

Just small, doable shifts that build connection.

If you’re raising (or loving) kids ages 3–11 and you want practical ways to make screens less of a battle and connection more of a habit, we’re starting with conversations like this one.

Come join us.

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