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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP is being smug and maybe trolling, but it's also secretly judge the parents who rely 100% on iPads for travel. I have also noticed the families where each person has their device and they all just stare at their personal screen for the duration of the trip. I think it's lazy parenting and wonder if that's what their families are like at home too. I am glad my kid can get through a flight, even an international one, without an ipad. I guess I'm smug too.[/quote]

Do you also judge adults flying alone who are using devices? Should everyone have a hardcover novel or a writing pad to keep them entertained? My family interacts plenty at home, we don't need to interact during a long flight where it's loud and uncomfortable. [/quote]

PP here and yes -- it's actually the parents being buried in their iphone or tablet for the duration of the flight and not interacting with their kids at all that I think is bad because it sets a poor example and [b]I do assume they are like that all the time[/b]. And it's not that I think devices are always bad -- I don't care if people use devices on planes or elsewhere. I'm talking about the families where everyone has a personal device and just interacts with that and not at all with each other. I think it's weird especially with very young kids. But even with tweens and teens I think it's healthier and more normal to have a mix and to (1) actually talk to your kids some and (2) encourage them to do more than just play games or watch content.

I know I'm being judgmental. It's not like I'm going to do anything about it. I just generally think we are pretty screen addicted as a society and that's not great and I do notice when a family is completely focused on separate screens and not interacting and yes I judge. Sue me.[/quote]

Well your assumption is wrong. We don't allow devices at table (whether we're eating at home or out) and never have. We don't allow access to screens all the time, only for specific periods. The last time I was on my iPad was for a flight. But when we get on a plane, my kids each have an iPad and so do my husband and I. We also all have Kindles or books as well but you might walk past the four of us while we're all enjoying our devices at the same time during that four-hour flight. And then when we land and get to where we're going, the devices are gone. It's actually shocking to me that you're so small-minded that you think a snapshot of what you see on an airplane is indicative of how everyone lives their lives. How sad to be so judgmental and so stupid. [/quote]

This.  Pretty much the only time we use the Ipad is on international or cross country flights.  My kid maybe watches a movie a month at home.[/quote]

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