I've become concerned that many children today are learning to cope with their feelings and
relationships by distraction, and that screens of all kinds have become easy substitutes for the inner life experiences and personal interactions children need to have.»
Not exact matches
The comedy is supposed to be grounded
by Aaron's
relationship with his med school sweetheart Daphne (Elisabeth Moss from «Mad Men»), but it serves more as a
distraction than as a source of heart.
It tries, with those crumbs of trivia and through Winston's
relationship with his wife Clementine (Kristin Scott Thomas, as overlooked
by the movie as her character), but such moments feel like a
distraction from the core of this particular story.
The issue has been, and remains to be, the
relationship of laxity that is demonstrated
by forcing the heads of the femurs away from the acetabula
by palpation or a fulcrum / stress device (i.e., a
distraction device) to abnormal laxity (functional laxity that occurs in hip dysplasia.)
Aided
by new minigames (Gunner's Gauntlet is particularly addictive) and new spins on older
distractions (like Blitzball), a new game plus option, and the infamous Vai Infinito 100 - floor tower, it's clear Final Fantasy X-2 was built for a long term
relationship between product and player.
Monika believes that Steven's
distraction means he isn't into her at all, that he's bored
by the
relationship.
A follow - up study
by Chinese scientists assessed 243 married adults with similar results: Partner phubbing, because it was associated with lower marital satisfaction, contributed to greater feelings of depression.In a study poignantly titled, «My life has become a major
distraction from my cell phone,» Meredith David and James Roberts suggest that phubbing can lead to a decline in one of the most important
relationships we can have as an adult: the one with our life partner.
These studies suggest that siblings of children with cancer have decreased opportunities for social encounters and while friends are an important source of support and
distraction for siblings,
relationships can be disrupted
by attention toward the child with cancer.