Kids, of course, can find screens more interesting than their older relatives. “He’s physically not able to keep up with the kiddos so he takes them down YouTube rabbit holes, as much as I ask him not to,” says Ebens. “He just stands in the kitchen and smiles bemusedly at them,” she says.Īlex Ebens’ father uses his phone to help make a connection. Emily Lakdawalla says her parents are pretty good about not using their phones in family situations, but her dad still does not interact much with the two grandkids, ages 13 and 16. Many grandparents may struggle to keep up physically or talk to their grandchildren. Many people we spoke to said their parents enjoy reading things out loud from their phones, telling their families or anyone nearby about the weather, the headlines or viral stories that may or may not be true. The phone is also a tool for grandparents to connect with people in their lives. Their time on the device is longer because of the processing required.” “For the first couple of seconds, an older adult really needs to figure out what they’re seeing. “They’re spending more time on just looking at their phone just figuring out what they’re actually looking at,” says Abbie Richie, the founder and CEO of tech-support company Senior Savvy. Angela’s father is better about his screen time than her mom is, but he still takes 10 minutes to write each text message. Sometimes the additional minutes spent staring is them figuring out the phone itself. “Honestly, his iPhone may as well be a Borg implant the way he lives with it like a teenager.” “My 75-year-old Vietnam vet dad, who once called smartphones ‘a time waster’ in 2009, today has his Bluetooth hearing-aid connected to his phone and his truck,” says McClure, who lives in Tennessee with his family. Tyler McClure said his mom is on Facebook constantly and can’t do anything without her phone, while his dad “Googles the things he’s watching on television as he watches television.” Both parents are prone to staring at their phones instead of their grandchildren. “They will take a 45-plus-minute phone call with some random golf buddy while I am over with the kids trying to visit with them.” “Phone calls are the worst,” says Richard Husk, a parent of two. Some are even using them as actual phones. They are looking at the news, checking sports scores, scrolling Facebook and texting. They are playing Words with Friends, Candy Crush and card games, often with the volume turned up. The rest, however, are absorbed in their devices. Around half said their parents are good about not being on their phones too much and being present in the moment - frequently because they are not tech savvy or are still using flip phones. We asked more than 100 millennials and Gen Xers about their parents’ phone habits. “It really only bothers me when my children are around because they’re often trying to get her attention and she’s unaware of it because she’s on her phone.” Whenever we’re together, she’s often on her phone, usually scrolling through social media,” says Angela, 37, who declined to use her last name to avoid hurting her parents’ feelings. “My mother has become very attached to her phone over the last five years. Two-thirds of boomers own a smartphone and about 6 in 10 are on social media, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center survey. Now some of their children say they are hooked, staring at their screens constantly, even when they should be paying attention to their own grandchildren. Smartphones came into their lives late, but they were quickly won over. We think of little kids watching hours of CoComelon on iPads, or teens who would rather be absorbed in video games or YouTube than talk about their day.īut there is another demographic that is struggling with putting down their devices: Baby boomers. And it's all because of you (all because of you) And it's all because.Too much screen time is something we usually associate with children and young people. Think of it every second I can't get nothing done, Only concern is the next time, I'm gonna get me some Know I should stay away from, cause it's no good for me I try and try but my obsession wont let me leave Never get enough, She's the sweetest drug And it's all because of you And it's all because. I got a problem and I don't know what to do about it Even if I did, I don't know if I would quit but I doubt it I'm taken by the thought of it, and I know this much is true Baby, you have become my addiction, I'm so strung out on you I can barely move but I like it Want to, but I can't help it I love the way it feels, It's got me stuck between my fantasy and what is real I need it when I want it, I want it when I don't Tell myself I'll stop everyday, knowin' that I won't
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