Torch, Spring/Summer 2011

Make the Most of the Opportunity 28 TORCH | Spring–Summer 2011 SCOTT HUCK | CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY T he premise: Cedarville alumni were invited to participate in a two-week technology fast and journal about the experience. The volunteers: Danielle Wood and her husband, Justin, live in Maryland with their two young children, Olivia (4) and Duncan (1). Last November, she wrote, “Our TV is on for the greater portion of the day. The kids watch several shows before school and after, sometimes during dinner (OK, always), and Justin and I tend to relax watching it in the evening. We have tightened our financial belt in various ways but refuse to touch the cable. We could accomplish so much more if A Family Unplugged by Danielle Wood Fourteen days without watching television realigns one family’s priorities.