No Payphones, No Landlines: Staying Connected Feels Impossible Without Smartphones.

And we expect our kids to do it?! Here's my solution.

My only connection to the world is through my smartphone. I live with a toddler, so I don’t have a landline. I have internet access, a computer, and an iPhone. I do almost everything on my phone. Joining mom groups on WhatsApp has helped quell my postpartum depression and created some fantastic new real-life friends and work collaborators.

If I put my ph…