There is a line in one of my favorite movies, where a photographer says he doesn't take the picture sometimes because he just wants to take in the experience with no distractions. It was a beautiful moment where two elusive snow leopards appear high up in the mountains. You would think having worked so hard to get to that place and waiting so long you would want to capture it. There is a benefit to that but sometimes we miss the experience when we are wrapped up in capturing it. More than once I have been on the mountain trail in my neighborhood and have seen deer. I don't always take pictures. I just watch. It leaves me with something a picture doesn't always convey. It's the same thing with phones and texting or posting comments etc. It just doesn't measure up to being with someone and having a real conversation. It's worth it sometimes to not check off everything on your list and just go sit down with your kids. Ask them questions, watch them, listen to them. You might just walk away with an experience that you can't capture but leaves you with a memory, though fleeting, has changed you forever.