http://tvo.org/video/210751/susan-pinker-village-effect

She is a developmental psychologist. I'm keen to read this book! Cautions on over-dependence on social media /electronic communication for close relationships. After all, my family and some of my closer friends are living in another province. Some points from her:

*Our closest relationships will decay after 18 months to 5 years of non-face to face in person communication
*problem/limitatons of electronic social medias - diminish accountability for one's comments with other people & makes developing empathy more challenging
*limiting screen time for very young children (under 2 yrs.)
*importance of daily /frequent family meals together