Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently so is being a judgy b*tch about other people’s choices that have nothing to do with you.

Maybe this is something we SHOULD be a bit more judgmental about?
Maybe it would shame people into putting their damn phones down for more than 30 seconds at a time, maybe it would shame parents into actually having to interact with their children.

I watched a dad and a 2 year old (at the oldest) walk across the target parking lot yesterday BOTH on phones.
I try to interact w/ kids and their parents all day long who aren't able to put their phones down for more than 5 minutes during their drs visits.

It's an obsession, bordering on mental illness, and we have no idea how it's going to impact kids in the long run. My guess is very negatively.

+1. This world of “no shame” has swung too far the other way.

Anonymous wrote:Apparently so is being a judgy b*tch about other people’s choices that have nothing to do with you.

Maybe this is something we SHOULD be a bit more judgmental about?
Maybe it would shame people into putting their damn phones down for more than 30 seconds at a time, maybe it would shame parents into actually having to interact with their children.

I watched a dad and a 2 year old (at the oldest) walk across the target parking lot yesterday BOTH on phones.
I try to interact w/ kids and their parents all day long who aren't able to put their phones down for more than 5 minutes during their drs visits.

It's an obsession, bordering on mental illness, and we have no idea how it's going to impact kids in the long run. My guess is very negatively.

This is something I think about often. I would never say anything or act rudely toward a parent that chooses to allow a young child to use a phone in that way, but I do wonder on the inside what the effects of this will be. At my daughters gymnastics practice and soccer games I see children as young as 1.5 on devices sitting slumped over the chair/ground staring at them for prolonged periods. In restaurants, children are zoned out watching their devices. I think this is an interesting discussion to have but would require both sides to be non-judge mental and not easily offended. Btw, I also agree that adults have issues with phone dependency and also see it all the time in restaurants.

Anonymous wrote:Let’s face it - the cell phone is the pacifier for all of us of all ages.

God, this is true.

Let’s face it - the cell phone is the pacifier for all of us of all ages.

My kids are older but we called the tv "the electric mommy" tireless and entertaining. The only reason we played outside all day is because there were only 3 channels. Our moms would have sold their souls for a little Noggin.

You didn’t know that?

Welcome to the club of “here stop crying”

Apparently so is being a judgy b*tch about other people’s choices that have nothing to do with you.

So, apparently cellphone achieved a new status, and a new nickname: "peci" or "pecifier" because indeed it is a modern for of a pacifier. Unlike pacifier that was frown upon after the age of diapers, the pacifying by cellphone is socially acceptable at any age. .