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[quote=Anonymous]One thing I have done is to put in my handbook and stress often that it's important to us to set an example for our kids that being on your phones all the time is NOT okay, and something we consider a growing problem in society in general, and we expect our APs to set an example in this way.    We dont allow phone use while socializing -- it has to be done in private and during off-hours , unless it's an emergency.  I explain that to us, it is rude, and we don't want our kids to have that behavior modeled to them as normal.    The kicker of course is that we have to model this ourselves too - so when we're home, we're also rarely on our phones, and no phones are allowed at the dinner table, etc.

Of course you're past this point, but I talk about it in matching and hope I manage to screen out by scaring away APs with major phone addictions. I would rematch an AP that couldn't get a handle on their phone use as you describe - as I think a year of kids watching that behavior day in and day out will definitely have an impact on them -- not to mention the safety aspect as people rarely realize how much time has passed as they're glued to their screen. [/quote]

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