It’s our job as mamas to make our children’s realities more enticing than any online world into which they might be tempted to flee. Good books, cookie baking, game playing, hymn singing, one-on-one dates, dance parties, s’mores around the firepit, music lessons, leaf-pile jumping—the list goes on. Besides limiting their physical access to virtual reality, we must be willing to put in the effort to help our kids realize just how much better real life is. But most importantly,

