Raising kids in the digital age

kids + cell phones

The last 2 times that we have been out to eat at a restaurant, I have been slightly shocked by kids and cell phones. At brunch, every baby + toddler was holding a phone or tablet. Last night at dinner a Dad + 2 sons sitting at what I would say a nice restaurant in MB (boys were probably 9 + 11) all 3 of them sitting on cell phones, not engaging with one another one bit. One of the boys had in airpods. I too often see couples at dinner on a date just sitting on their phones.

This epidemic makes me SAD!

I am not judging, I am NOT perfect as a parent managing my own kids and cell phone usage. But, I think there are times and places for cell phones. I also think as parents it is up to us to set an example for our children.