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[quote=Anonymous]Talk to him about it in a calm time. Also admit it if you are also sometimes surfing while with your toddler. That helps get my point across better when I say we BOTH need to do better. Then when I see my DH getting sucked in instead of engaging with the kids I'll just very gently say "can you please put your phone away?" and keep doing whatever I'm doing. If he protests I always just say "uh huh" and drop it. I've made my point. It took a bit but he's gotten much much better. Things like bringing his phone into the bathroom while the kids are bathing or texting while in the middle of reading bed time stories have all gone away. We are both leaving our phones on the kitchen table for much of the evening when we are with our kids. But preaching almost never works. Just straight up ask him to do better. Say you will too. [/quote]
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