Could you survive a day without even glancing at your smartphone once? What about without your laptop, iPod, tablet or HD TV? What about a year? One Ontario family has taken a pledge to go a full year living with only technology that existed in the year 1986. This is because the parents Blair McMillan and his girlfriend Morgan could not believe that their kids, aged 5 and 2, refused to play outside or put down their parents iPad or iPhone. Blair and Morgan were both born in 1986 and spent their time as kids outside and listened to music on a cassette player. The family gave up their touch screen and high definition devices for land-line telephones, encyclopedias, and sports equipment if their kids want to go outside and play. Even visitors have to leave their electronics at the door if they want to come into the McMillan household.
Nowadays, all the multimedia equipment that is readily accessible is taken for granted. The ability to make a Star Wars like movie in the basement of your university library no longer seems like a feat to be accomplished only by the most talented individuals. The McMillan family though, is going to have to play with foam swords for the next year instead adding light sabers to that video of their kids fighting each other.

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