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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy View Post
Sorry guys, but I see people of all ages staring at their phones. I know it's easy to paint this as a problem of the younger generations, but I see plenty of 50+ people glued to their phones. On the upside, I saw a survey recently that Facebook amongst younger age groups is declining in popularity. Eventually things will come full circle, that much I believe.
This is true as well. My wife and I have a few simple rules for ourselves (and a lot of it has to do with setting an example for the kids):

1) If we are having a conversation, the phone can wait until we are done.
2) No phones at the dinner table.
3) No phones while driving. (On car trips, the non-driving spouse handles any/all phone duties.)

Often at lunch with my coworkers, the conversation dies down and they all retreat to their phones. I never pull mine out. I make faces at them that they don't notice.
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