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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have never seen this.  I go to restaurants, airports, and hotels, and I use public transportation.  And from the responses on this thread, it seems like very few people do this, and the few that do use it only rarely, try to be as unobtrusive as possible, use it for short periods of time, and would stop if asked.

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I see this all the time.  Restaurants, airports, doctor's offices, it doesn't matter.  Kids are constantly on devices with the volume on.  No, I don't want to listen to your kid's very loud and stupid game or show, and I would never let me children do that.  I have a pair of earphones in my purse at all times, although I'm not one to give my kid a phone.  Play a game, talk to them.  I have five-year-old twins and they have never used a device other than at home or on an airplane, both with headphones.  It's not hard![/quote]

I must just be oblivious to it.  
How, with five year old twins to manage in an airport or restaurant are you spending so much of your focus on other kids?  My kids are constantly asking questions or wanting to look at something or talk or play a game.  I usually feel like I can hardly look at the menu, let alone check out what other children are doing.  [/quote]

I notice it more when I'm not with my kids but they're also not all-consuming so I do hear what's going on around me.  I can both play Uno and hear the conversation at the table next to me at the same time.  Honestly, I wish I couldn't.  I hate that I can hear everything.[/quote]

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