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Teens, with mixed feelings about their own phones, say their parents need to log off
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this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2024
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Pre-smartphones, my parents were always yelling at my brothers and I to stop texting at the dinner table.
Post-smartphones, it's now vice-versa and unless we remind them to put their phones on silent beforehand, their phones inevitably erupt in alarms at full volume reminding them to call Marianne back or whatever
For real. My parents will cut off mid conversation to stare at their phone over something they just saw on fb or whatever, and I have to get their attention to resume the conversation we were already having. I don't think me chastising them for it would go over well, but damn.
Oh, and they still reprimand for having a phone in the "wrong" place (according to them). ๐
Anybody else start noticing how many of their parents have ADHD or other diagnosises but their parents were the ones to not get them on all those meds since they're over prescribing and just trying to make money?
Pepper ridge farm remembers.
MSM and bootstraps went a long way in ruining so many fallible and gullible people in that generation over pride.
Hilariously true for me as well. My mom leaves her phone on the counter when we come for dinner but will get up immediately when she gets a notification and then spend 5 minutes writing a 2-sentence text at the table