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Put Your Damn Phone Away

Joanne Black - 13 December 2018

No toys at the table!
Answer this question: What’s more important than the person sitting in front of you, walking beside you, sharing a meal with you, or sharing your bed? If actions speak louder than words, your phone is more important.
If you’re like the average American, the first thing you do when you sit down at a meal or a meeting is put your phone on the table. You walk down the street and look down at your phone. Bumping into people or objects doesn’t phase you. This is FOMO (fear of missing out). It’s technology addiction, and it has a negative impact on our ability to communicate, sleep well, concentrate, and really, really listen to the people around us.
We have a rule at our house. “No toys at the table.” That started when the kids were little, and they brought their stuffies to the table—the ones they’d dragged all

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