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Hmmm. Just got home. While driving I noticed several bad drivers. I immediately assumed they were holding their cell phone in one hand and looking at it. I was right. Then I thought of making bumper stickers: "Do you hold your spouse's hand as much as you hold your phone while driving?!?" Then I reached over and held my wife's hand.

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Many pediatricians in Berlin (presumably all around Germany as well) have a poster showing parents doom-scrolling with the mention "how much did you talk to your kids today?".

Brutal and relevant. I think of it every time I have a "I am in this picture and I don't like it" moment.

My friends who are parents feel so guilty if they ever look at their phone while with kids. That message might have gotten through too strongly.

Why does that seem to be 'too strongly'? Just like how being very fit requires some level of guilt with eating cake, so too does avoiding overuse of smartphones.

Because there is a middleground.

Being fit or staying away from your phone doesn't require to run 20k a week or to remove the phone from your kids' perception of the world.

If you want to be a runner it will certainly require 20k. That is 2 hours of training.

I was specific about "being fit", not "being a runner".

Cause parents, especially young new ones, are constant target of guilting. All it achieves is that parents are more stressed and dont allow themselves rest or relax ... which makes them to be even more stressed. And it is not helping kids at all.

Also, most fit people I know eat cake with no quilt. A lot of physical activity goes with more eating.

hahaha!

that was so cute

edit: ops i forgot there is a thumbs up button… so how about vehicles having a simple lock checking if driver phone is being used? that would save so much accidents

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