Being on
their phone at the dinner table or when socialising — 49 per cent 2.
Is it appropriate to have
the phone at dinner time?
Nothing screams «No thanks, not interested» like scrolling through
your phone at dinner with new friends.
«If I see
a phone at dinner, I whack it across the room.»
«Make sure that you're really present in a moment, you're not that person who's texting or glancing at
your phone at the dinner table.
They were also more likely than millennials to stay on
their phones at the dinner table and spend more time on every type of device — phone, computer, or tablet.
We also sit down for dinner together most nights, and we have a no cell
phones at dinner rule.
Most parents frown when kids use
their phones at the dinner table, but what if the kids were learning to code over Sunday roast?
If your spouse agrees to a day with you or even a few hours, setting boundaries like «no cell
phones at dinner» could significantly reduce work - related stress during your alone time.
Not exact matches
Whether it's
at the park with her two young daughters or sitting around the
dinner table with the whole family,
phones are off limits when family members should be paying attention to each other.
Believers in the technology - is - alienating - us theory are quick to point out the real separation is happening in more intimate settings, such as
at home, where families aren't talking much
at the
dinner table because they're all on their
phones.
There's
dinner, the usual homework, bedtime routines, and the mini crises that come with all parenting, but
at night I don't check emails or answer the
phone.
At No Small Talk
dinners, the only rules are no
phones and no small talk, which includes the questions, «What do you do?»
Instead of talking on the
phone at our kid's soccer game, or watching TV while cooking
dinner, or doing anything while doing anything, what if we focused on one thing, one business problem, one conversation?
Gen Xers were also more likely than millennials to pull their
phones out
at the
dinner table.
«I had a stepdaughter
at the time who was so hooked on her telephone that I had to — we had to — argue every day, whether it was
at dinner or going to bed, that she had to put her
phone away,» said Peter Neby, founder of Punkt, one of the start - ups in the dumbphone market.
While I was gone she and the boys rearranged the seats
at the
dinner table — it sort of makes sense — closer for her to the kitchen and to the
phone but my old place is gone.
We've all done it:
At at nice restaurant for dinner, we check our phones, scouring Twitter, or texting, or peeking under the table for the latest score
At at nice restaurant for dinner, we check our phones, scouring Twitter, or texting, or peeking under the table for the latest score
at nice restaurant for
dinner, we check our
phones, scouring Twitter, or texting, or peeking under the table for the latest scores.
Many days I feel so removed from that side of myself - days when I leave the house in a hurry, sit
at my desk and make decisions and answer emails and talk on the
phone and go to meetings, and then drive home to throw something totally uninspired together for
dinner before falling asleep scrolling through Instagram.
«a day in the life» is the rambling monologue of a housewife (not a million miles from myself;) juggling with household chores and sorting out the kids, answering the
phone while cooking
dinner and worrying about the economy — but
at the end of the day when the jobs are done, you can escape from everyday worries by going for a run, a bike ride or for a swim — where you're alone to think stuff through or think of nothing
at all — and certainly not about the phonebill or the mountain of ironing that needs doing.
For teens, positive feedback may include praise for putting a
phone away while
at the
dinner table or shaking hands when greeting a new person.
Be lucky you're not trapped in the car with me,
at the
dinner table, or on the other end of the
phone.
Maybe it's during
dinner, perhaps your
phone is there
at stop - lights, or after a long day you just want to chill to some Bejeweled (or whatever game is hot these days...).
The ordinary things parents must do, like feeding little brother, cooking
dinner, or talking to a friend on the
phone, can eat away
at a child's sense that he's connected and cared about.
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at the BCBumps Expectant Parents»
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Elections are won
at the water cooler,
at the bar,
at the
dinner table, over the
phone and in bed, and Obama's supporters were primed to know the messages, know the strategy and understand the stakes every time his candidacy came up in conversation.
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Michael Caputo, a political swashbuckler and AM radio host, looked down
at his
phone through octagonal glasses and made
dinner plans with his team.
After his successful keynote address
at the Democratic National Convention, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro made an i -
Phone themed video for the 2012 Gridiron
dinner.
To track the effect of the video game on real - life fruit and vegetable consumption
at baseline and six months later, researchers completed 24 - hour dietary recalls with children over the
phone three times, averaging breakfast, lunch, snack, and
dinner fruit and vegetable intakes.
Did you know that one can wash dishes, cook
dinner, talk on the
phone, download lecture notes, and study the effects of interference and electric field vectors (thanks to a few refrigerator magnets) all
at once?
Whether a friend, mentor, or actual coach, I believe we're
at a point where things are getting so ridiculous, it needs to be OK to tell someone to put away their
phone in a meeting or family
dinner.
At dinner tables, bars, coffee shops, and in other communal situations, many people sit together but are more engaged with their
phones than anyone around them.
Or there are always our go - to sleep tips, like turning off your
phone at least an hour before bedtime, creating a tranquil environment in your bedroom, or being smart about eating sleep - promoting foods for
dinner.
Don't forget to get rid of the distractions
at the
dinner table — eating while scrolling through your
phone may feel efficient, but it detracts from the beautiful, real food you've chosen to feed your body.
Even sometimes
at our
dinner table, I have to draw the line: No
phones allowed.
Start living in the moment more, try to leave your
phone at home when you go to
dinner or anywhere with your friends.
When telemarketers keep interrupting your
dinner at 6 pm, eventually you stop answering the
phone.
«I'm not willing to have a coffee date with someone until we've had
at least one or two
phone conversations... And I'm not willing to go on a
dinner date and essentially give up a whole evening until I've had
at least a coffee date,» she explained.
And
at the end of the evening, attendees who are still too shy or unsure about asking anyone for a date, or even a
phone number, can try instead to pursue the object of their desires by signing up for a future Mint Experience
dinner party.
I believe in kindness, empathy, manners, putting the
phone away
at dinner and having time to listen.
I like going to the movies (horror, comedies, dramas, action, foreign, anything that's good), going out to
dinner, chillin
at the house, watching TV, or chatting on the
phone.
«Within three days, we were talking on the
phone for hours
at a time, and, within weeks, we made a date for
dinner.»
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phone.
Was hard - up and choose the best feature for
phone Cougar, Crossdress Drag,
Dinner due to hook up app
at Parramatta - craigslist.
Their
dinner reservations are for the wrong weekend, their cell
phones repeatedly ring with updates from home and then they run into Allyson's demanding sister - in - law Bridgette (Abbie Cobb)
at the bowling alley.
Stan Lohman's personal assistant, who interrupts the
dinner conversation during the entire film with
phone calls and poll updates,
at one point asks, «Why are we here?».
A father sits
at the
dinner table with his cell
phone in hand, texting back and forth with a troublesome client.
I used it to recharge my
phone as we handed off the Traverse to the valet
at Musso & Franks in Hollywood for
dinner.
The service allows owners to make reservations, get directions, find points of interest, make
dinner reservations, access gift services and receive a wide variety of other services
at the touch of a button from inside the vehicle or through the owner's mobile or home
phone.