Question to parents-
Do you have rules about your kids using cell phones during dinner? What about if guests are over for a family visit?
Was at my sister's yesterday for Easter. Her kids were on their cell phones during dinner and when we were all hanging out, talking. My mom hadn't seen her grandkids in weeks.
Seemed rude to me, but I don't have kids.
Maybe I'm just too old-fashioned??
Thoughts?
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Thread: Cell Phones at the Dinner Table?
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04-21-2014, 04:20 PM #1
Cell Phones at the Dinner Table?
Last edited by UnaChispita; 04-21-2014 at 04:24 PM.
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04-21-2014, 04:26 PM #2
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As a parent I don't allow them during dinner. I do the same thing when going out to dinner. I don't have a cell phone and I prefer face to face conversations, where you actually look at and talk to each other.
Weird I know...
I wanted to add it's not just kids, the adults are just as bad...Last edited by kimm4; 04-21-2014 at 04:31 PM.
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04-21-2014, 04:32 PM #3
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04-21-2014, 04:46 PM #4
LOL. I don't have a cell either. You and I might be the last two in America
And...agreed. I think we're losing the art of conversation.
It's funny--I still go to the bank once a week on Saturdays for free coffee and to talk with the tellers. So few people come in, all the tellers recognize me and know me by name...and its a big bank. Kind of off topic, but it shows how isolated/separated we are bc of technology.
I wanted to add it's not just kids, the adults are just as bad...
I agree. I'm not even sure if families have time to eat together anymore either.
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04-21-2014, 05:05 PM #5
I do not have such a rule at present
with children aged 12 and 6, it is not an issue
but will certainly have such a rule when the time comes
agree that mobile phones can be a real pain when being used at inappropriate times
I learned to turn mine off during meal times ( because other peoples meal times may not be the same as mine and had too many work related calls once dinner was out )☻/
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04-21-2014, 05:37 PM #6
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I was not allowed to read at the dinner table as a kid (and I was a book work) and I don't allow my boys to use their phone at the table either. Even if they polish their plate in 5 min, it's still a no-phone 5 min! LOL
At 12 and 14, they are constantly on their phone. That is the least they can do! (Also when we have a conversation - no phones)
Una, that's sound pretty rude of your nephews IMO. At least not for the whole visit and not at dinner (I'll admit my boys can get pretty bored after a couple of hours visiting adult relatives so I'll allow the phone then)** Marie **
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04-21-2014, 05:49 PM #7
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04-21-2014, 06:18 PM #12
Sons 4 now but it won't be allowed ever, it blows my mind that he knows how to use it and find games etc both on it and the kindle. I try to keep him busy doing other stuff like playing outside or building stuff because he is drawn to electronics like a magnet.
I can't imagine what the next couple generations will be like.
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04-21-2014, 06:28 PM #13
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04-21-2014, 07:00 PM #19
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4 boys and a girl... youngest is 20. Never had many rules, never had a need. I talk (hold conversations) with my kids and we have always had great time together and could talk about anything. So no rule on cell phones, they all have them, but just don't use them when we have dinner together or are just hanging out... too busy enjoying each other...
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04-21-2014, 07:01 PM #20
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04-21-2014, 08:52 PM #21
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I only use mine to take pics of my food and upload to it to several different sites.
So technically, I'm not using the phone.Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson
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04-21-2014, 09:07 PM #23
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my daughter is 2 1/2...not an issue yet, but I will not let her have toys at the dinner table. I tell my wife that if she plays with her food, she can eat her toys!
my son (now 19) wasn't allowed to have a cell phone until he was 14...that was his 14th birthday present - he used to cry "but just about everyone I know has one, what happens if there is an emergency" .... I simply told him " if all your friends have them, or everyone you know....then you will always be with someone that has one so you don't need one yet"
yes, kids need to associate more verbally!!!!! unfortunately, society promotes otherwise. banks around here are eliminating face to face tellers. a couple have them behind a wall and you talk through video monitor (even when you go inside!!)....annoying.
OP, I actually do use my cell phone at the table.....but ONLY when i'm done eating I enter it into myfitnesspal for may calories/macros to see if I can have a second helping or desert LMAO
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04-21-2014, 09:08 PM #24
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Some people get pissy when I take pics of their food in restaurants.
Some of them are down right jerks.Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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04-21-2014, 09:27 PM #25"Don't call me Miss Kitty. Just...don't."--Catnip. Check out the Catnip Trilogy on Amazon.com
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04-21-2014, 09:40 PM #27
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The least they could do is stop eating while I'm trying to take pics.
C'mon people! Give me a friggen break!Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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