24. Mommy, can you put down your iPhone?

http://www.salon.com/2013/01/26/mommy_can_you_put_down_your_iphone/

In Toni Nagy's article, "Mommy, can you put down your iPhone?," she confess how technology is affecting her relationship with her newborn child and how she is taking measures against it. Nagy starts her article with her experience during the first months of when her baby girl is born. She reveals her negative feelings and admits that children are boring and annoying. Nagy shows that she always want to use her phone to have"Articles to read, seeing how many people liked my status update, friends to talk to, one more time with that status update, and Twitter feeds from celebrities." The author reveal that before she had a child, she never understood how parents could just shove a phone onto their child in a restaurant. However, now she understands it is a desperate measure to let the kid be quiet and not cause any commotion. In her last paragraph, Nagy reveals that to control her time using the phone, she has a phone curfew, where she takes care of her child and is exposed to other things. She also reveal that "Unless the future turns out to be a Zombie Apocalypse, humanity is only going to create a deeper reliance on technology, new media and social networking." 

The author's purpose in writing this article is to show that technology is becoming a big part of people's lives. People depend on them to do everything, even to take care of their child. The author diction and syntax are unbelievable, it makes the reader doubt whether she is really a good mother. However, to her audience, which are most probably people who are facing the same problem as her, she is able to reveal her purpose of telling the truth about her feelings toward her child and how technology is also playing a big role in this problem.