[anatolfz]

It is true - in many Mormon homes. Unnecessary, external influences i.e. TV, phones, internet, are controlled and/or avoided whenever practical.

Apparently that didn't apply to computers. Seemed to be plenty of those among Smart family members. The total number LE took was 13, as I recall.

You are actually reading the posts before replying, right? Because there have been quite a few good ones to mull over in the last bit of time, and they answer some of these troublesome questions.

"Controlled and/or avoided whenever practical", so the computers were necessary, or thought to be, while an internal telephone system was not. The teachers at my local high school pretty much demand essays be done in MS Word.

[varina davis]

"Controlled and/or avoided whenever practical", so the computers were necessary, or thought to be, while an internal telephone system was not.

I believe the reports referred to both business and personal computers.