Yes, your smartphone habit is affecting your kid?here’s how
?Well, when can we go"? My three kids, ages six, nine and 12, stood before me with frustrated faces, as though they?d been waiting a long time for an answer.
?Go where"? I asked. My eyes fought to look up from my tiny phone screen and then struggled to refocus on their faces.
?To the pool! Mom, you were looking for the pool hours.?
I?m not sure how long it had been since I picked up my phone for the search. My various apps and notifications had led me deep down digital rabbit holes. Dozens of times a day, as I walk, eat and parent, my phone distracts me and, embarrassingly, the kids are starting to notice. Child psychologists are also noticing, and they?re concerned?not for me, but for my kids.
Our tech tools have become essential for our work, play and comfort. My phone is my research assistant, as well as my yoga teacher. It gets me to meetings on time, reminds me to call the dentist, deposits cheques, encourages me to take deep breaths?it even tracks my hormone cycles so that I only have to experience them, not be attuned to them. But these devices aren?t as benign as we all thought when we opened their stiff boxes and gloried in the shiny glass screens in which we could check our lipstick. They have been designed to capture our attention and keep us coming back to monitor the popularity of our status, read our most recent notifications and find out the latest trending stories. We pick up our phones as many as 150 times per day, creating short interruptions in ...
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