Saturday, May 3, 2008

Disney World isn't enough

JJ, A., and I headed to the Disney parks for the day, since it had been a while since we'd taken a break and headed down there. We parked in the Magic Kingdom parking lot, walked over to the Polynesian hotel for lunch, and then caught the monorail to MK.

While we were at the restaurant, a dad sat down with his 2-or-so year old daughter. His wife and older daughter were picking up their food. Did the two discuss their day so far or plans for the afternoon? Did they watch the kids headed to the pool? Did they share some bad jokes? No. The dad pulled out a portable DVD player and started up an episode of Dora the Explorer.

Can you believe that? They're in the middle of Walt Disney World on a family vacation, and yet that's not enough entertainment and they can't be bothered to speak to each other.

I think that's worse than the time JJ and I saw a mom pushing a boy around a mall in a stroller with a portable DVD player propped in front of him.

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