去年春天,丈夫和我带着我们的3个孩子开车去美国看朋友。在一个星期的时间里,我们拜访了6个家庭。这6个家庭都有孩子,我一次次地因这些父母使用录像来使孩子安静而受到震动。当几个家庭的大人聚在一起想说说话而孩子们太吵闹时,他们就用录像来哄孩子。只要录像机一转,孩子们的 Last spring, my husband and I took our three children and drove to the United States to see friends. In a week’s time, we visited 6 families. The six families all had children, and I again and again were shaken by the parents’ use of video to silence their children. When adults of several families get together to talk and children are too noisy, they use video to coax their children. Just a video recorder, kids