My dad is an addict, not a drug addict but one addict. He spends more time on his phone than conversing with the family. From my perspective, the only thing he prioritizes is his phone. When
I use my phone for an extended time, condemned and denounced. As if I'm a criminal who committed a capital crime. My father portrays all the qualities he doesn't like in others. The irony, he despises others for the traits that he possesses. He wonders where I develop these habits. Additionally, he becomes furious at minor and irrelevant mishaps. My dad spends his evening scrolling through the depths of Instagram and Facebook. Both of my parents set high standards for phone usage, yet disobeyed all of them.
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Hi i am anderson from maple park middle school and i am 13 i think my parents are addicted to there phones because everytime they come from work they lay down and keep using there phone they may have work but that doesn’t mean they have to come home and get straight onto there phone but they get mad if i use any electronic for more than 30 minutes which dont make sense to me
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I believe that my parents are addicted to their phones. Even though my parents work every day, they are still finding time to be on their phones. At home I see my parents on their phone a lot. Most of the time they are doing things like playing games, texting, scrolling through social media, etc. There are times when I will try to talk to my parents and they are on their phones during the conversation. This can cause communication issues within a family and is not healthy. With that being said, it is clear that teens are not the only ones who can be addicted to their cell phones.
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@Ashley i agree Ashley
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I’d say that my parents aren't completely addicted to their phones, but they are definitely on it more than they should be. For example, yesterday my mom brought me to my softball game. At my softball game, she was glued to her phone for about 80 percent of the time. My mom claims that she was paying attention but she was on her phone for most of the time. It can be really hard to put your phone down and do something that you need to do. It’s okay for you to take a little break from whatever you're doing and scroll on instagram or play a game on your phone. Going on your phone can be a stress free environment. Next time you pick up your phone to do something, make sure you know when to get off and get back into the real world.
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My parents are addicted to their phones. Sometimes, I have to act as the parent to my 5 younger siblings, which is not fair to me, but also not fair to them, because I should be the fun big sister, not the parent. It honestly hurts me, because I feel like i'm not even worth their time. I got rid of my phone for this reason. I don't want people to feel sad, or unworthy of my time while in my presence. What a crazy world of technology we live in.
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I think my parents spend too much time on their phones. My dad scrolls through his phone as soon as he wakes up, right before bed, and any other time in the day that he needs or wants to. He uses it for work, which is totally understandable, but he also uses it in his relaxation time. My mom uses it for her work, and also uses it all evening when she gets home. Her addiction is playing Words With Friends every single day of the year whenever she has spare time. One night at dinner, it felt as if we had switched roles. My dad was using his phone at the table and I told him, “Put your phone away, we’re having dinner!” My parents’ answer for all the questions we don’t know is, “Google it!”, rather than trying to use our brains and talk about it. In the old days, people would play games, in person, with each other and have more conversations, in person, with each other. Today we are missing out on some of that because we are so distracted by our mobile devices. I don’t think this is a healthy way of living and it may lead to negative effects later on in life. I think this may be because my parents’ generation didn’t grow up with the technology that my generation has today. They are in such awe of it that they are blind to the negative impact it may be having on them.
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Im tired of my parents being addicted they should spend more attention to me :(
Phones are primarily used in my family. They us3 them for work and when they are looking for something when they are bored when they use them they tune out of what they are listening to. The phones in my family are key
In my family phones are pretty key. My dad is on it most of the day and my mom is on it when she needs to be or when she is bored. I personally use my phone a good chunk of my day. My parents don't argue over phone usage alot they do from time to time though. And my family phone rule is you can use it but when we are all together it gets limited or we can't use them at all.
Smartphones and devices have been a part of my moms work, which requires her to pretty much be on it 24/7. I don’t like to think of it as an obsession but more of a “need”, although she isn’t always doing her work and has a quite social life over her phone. I understand the uses of them and as we get closer to the future we might as well strap these things on our head!
I just got a phone and am entering my freshman year and I do think my mom is addicted to her phone. When ever I ask my mom to help me with something and she is playing a game she doesn't put her phone down right away to help. Instead she finishes her game and then might say "let me just play one more." She also has recently discovered Netflix. My mom used to watch no tv at all. But, now that she has found the Netflix app on her phone and found a series that she likes, she now watches an episode or two before she goes to bed. Now I am not any better than she is but I think having waited until I got to high school to give me a phone was a good choice because I am less addicted to my phone than my fellow class mates are.
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In my family, I don't believe that phone usage is a conflict. Smartphones have definitely occupied our lives way more than they would have as recent as a decade ago. My dad works from home and runs his own business, therefore I understand why he needs to sometimes be on his phone to respond to emails and such, and maybe not be present at the table for dinner. My mom usually gets home from work at about 6:30 PM, and by then, she is stressed from work. My mom will most definitely scroll through Facebook for a good 30 minutes without being bothered. It is upsetting that endlessly scrolling through social media is normalized in this day and age. However, I do not believe that my parents are "addicted" to their mobile devices, just as my sister and I aren't. I believe that for most of the time, my family and I are good at maintaining our time online. My dad is the best at staying off of his phone. In fact, he uses an app to block not only our wifi usage, but our data usage at a specific time, usually at about 10:30 PM. The rules that my family has correlating to the usage of mobile devices is to use it responsibly, which my family and I most definitely follow.
Even though my parents are boomers they are still on their phone all the time. Most of the time they are Facebook watching someones post or reading news. But what worries me most is the fake news they see on Facebook. Its ok if they are on their phone searching for news like the current hurricane or talking to family.
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To my belief i think parents that are on there phone entirely to much should actually put it down once in a while but if you are on it for the casual business call or family talk that OK but on the phone just to be on the phone when its not need i think that when they get addicted
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Phones being use in my family is not a huge issue but we can sometimes get addicted to them. We sometimes remind each other that we’ve been using our phones to long and it’s time to take a break we’re now more conscious about using our devices less. There are many times we use our phone for many per pose and I get frustrated at my mom making a lot of business calls and using her phone and not listening to me and I tend to get along that it’s life and we have to get along with it . I’ve noticed how casual this is using our phone in today's society. I think it's important message to be more active in having conversations with our family and to be more active bonding each day you see everyone , instead of everyone being distracted by their phones and not talking to each other.
When it comes to using any devices such as computers, phones, or tablets, I will admit that me and my family use them quite a lot and take them wherever we go. However, I wouldn't say we are addicted because we know when to put those devices down when it's time to spend quality time together. We are also still able to get through the day without even being on our phones, so I wouldn't say it is a huge issue for us. There are times we do get annoyed if someone in our family stays too long on social medias, but other than that, I can say we are good at maintaining our time online.
Phone use in my family is not a huge issue, but we could still be more intentional about using our devices less. There are many times when all three of us are home, but we're all in different rooms on our phones. It sometimes frustrates me how "normal" this has become in today's society. I think it's important to be more proactive in having conversations with your family while you're at home, instead of everyone being distracted by their phones.
Are my parents addicted to their phones? No, I wouldn't say that they are addicted to their phones. Though they may be on them a lot, it's not to the point of addiction. My parents are normally on their phones whenever they have time to relax. The amount of time that I spend on my phone is about the same amount that my parents are. My parent's phone can sometimes affect our family relationship because someone could be trying to talk to them and they'll be on their phone. I have never heard my parents argue over phone usage. The part of this article that I found most interesting was when they talked about the percentages of adult phone usage. I didn't expect them to be so high for adults and so low for teenagers. The only rule that I can think of that we have for mobile devices is don't do anything inappropriate. My parents do follow this rule.
I believe my parents and I are on our phones an equal amount of time. My family is very good at communicating and our cellphone use doesn't affect our relationship. We know how to put our phones away when needed and when we want to enjoy time together. When we're on our phones we send each other funny pictures we see a lot of the time. I don't believe our relationship would have that big of an impact without our phones. I think we may just watch a movie or end up doing something on our own.
I wouldn’t say that parents are addicted to their phones. They are grown and had lives to live now, they also have thing to take care of. Parents have jobs to pay bills they don’t need their cellular devices.
I believe that parents are addicted to their devices as well simply because this advanced technology wasn’t available to them when they were younger or in their adolescent years. Now that it is literally at their fingertips they cannot get enough of it.
i wouldn’t say parents are addicted to their phones. They jobs that they need to do and some parents don’t have time to socialize on their cellular devices. Parents have too much to worry about to be addicted, they are grown enough to live without their phones.
I dont know if I'd use the word addicted, but I would say that my parents are on their phones more then I am, when in public my dad is the one listening to things at full volume, and is always on his phone in the car or whenever I'm trying to talk to him. I don't think it's fair to say that teens are then ones who are addicted and never get off our phones, when our parents don't either.
To answer this question i honestly don't think that my parents are addicted to their phones. i think their not addicted because they will actually have a conversation with me and my sister and friends without their eyes being down and glued to their phones. the rules in our family is pretty strict involving phones. such as, no using phones while driving, go to bed at a decent time, don't do things you know your not supposed to while online and be respectful.
@Cameron I agree, it isn't a problem per say in my house but i would say however that my mom is probably addicted to her phone but she still isn't completely isolated because of it. in the end i will say it is very much possible for parents to get addicted just like teens because who doesn't like near limitless information in the palm of their hands.
In my opinion, phones have a negative impact to society if we do not use it in the correct form. When we spend time in our phones, we might take time from doing others things like the time with family, playing sports, and others. In my experience, my parents are not addictive to theirs phones, they only use it to communicate with me but they argue sometimes because I use my phone very often and they think is bad for my eyes, also in my childhood they put rules to my brother and me to use our phones. That rule was good, because I learned many things in my childhood without phones; also spend more time outside than today I do.
Well this article shows, how the parents spend their time in their smartphone and what kind of effects made that in their family? I think that’s essential to talk about it, because we can see that many parents past long time in their phone and they don’t put attention to their kids and to their spouse. That facts make many couples end up in the courts of the family divorcing. In my country where I come from a case of this occurred when the guys and his partner go married they were so happy but around two years later they come to United States. Few time they were everything okay, but few time later they stared to argue and one year ago they divorcing.
Nowadays it’s normal that parents are spending more times that teenager on their phone. In my case my father spent time on his phone just for being informed. I think that parent have to be very careful with social media or with the time that they are spending on their phones. In addiction it can brings a bad relationship between parents and sons. That addiction is like a wall that will broking up the communication of the family. My parents doesn’t have time for using phones because their past lot of time working or sharing time with family, but for less time that we think that we have we always going have time for using the phone, for watch the news , listening music etc. the point it that everybody have at least 5% of addiction to their mobiles.
I consider that in my family my fathers have an addicting with their phones, both use the phone for communicate with some members of my family but when they see that I use my phone always say that I have a problem, my mom always go to sleep at 3:00 am because she see a different programs in her phone so that is a problem of everything, when I talk about that can to say my mom and dad are more addicted to me because I don’t use mi phone when I go to the work and when I go the school sometimes, so I don’t have time for that only when come back from work, in this time all is about phones a technology so is normal that many people use this form of communicate. These also is a form of learning more about different things.
The addiction to the phones affect important activities in the parent’s life. Sometimes depend the kind of parents because if the parents use a phone all time and they do not have care about their relationship with other family members like their children, then they are addicted, but if they use their phones in the right space, they are not addicted. Depend in how this affected their activities and human relationship. The addiction is produced for the grade of important of the parents in the phone.
With the social media today is very easy to pass more time in the phone, and is impossible not use it, because is important for to connect with the world but is important to pay attention what is the place of the phone in the life
In this globalized world that we all live in today, people depend on some type of electronic device and, the constant development of these technologies in the workplace, strengthens each day more this dependence. I was born in the 80s and got my first cell phone almost at 20 years old. My parents never had cell phones or some other type of electronic device and I think that thanks to this I did not experience problems of this kind with them. In my house there were rules very clear for us and it was that while they were talking we had to look at them and listen carefully. Today I am mother of one baby de 8 year old and these same rules still in force in my house. The parents today worked in contexts that demand a constant attention a cell phone and they have to be constantly checking messenges, assignments, reports, etc. However, I think firmly that if the parents put one line between the work and home they will manage to maintain a healthy balance between their obligations and their family coexistence. In the same way the children must be an example for their parent and do not spend a lot time in front of their cell phones.
Nowadays the cellphones, tablet, laptop etc. takes away our time. We use it excessively without realizing that we are not realizing times with our family. I saw for along times some families that have children, they given their phone so they do not bother them. This situation is very bad because the parent’s does not have awareness of damages it is cause. Some children in result of pass along times with cell phone have problems with their eyes; afterwards they have to wear glasses. We are many cases where the cell phones is not good for our health. Therefore, we do not go far the families does not share quality times with their children. The time shared unite families. All families must to put more attention in this problem.
For my brother and me, my mom is addicted to her phone like us. Since she learned to use Facebook, and how to reach her old friends. She became more addictive to her phone. At some point, is beneficent how to use a cellphone. Moreover, if you are not capable how to use one, because there are situations that we need to know how to make a call, but to be addictive to phones is not good. Technology is changing our lives. Additionally, we are limit our real communication instead to talk physically, because we spend more time using the cellphone. I will say that to be addictive to the phones is not positive for us to depend on it.
Now our cellphone is an addition. A teenager used the cellphone within 5-6 minutes. Our parents have not used cellphone very well. This time a cellphone is very important for us. We used the cellphone within 5-6 minutes every time. When I was walking on the street the people used the cellphone anywhere. When the people go to sleep they used within 20-30 minutes. I think we can say to teenager don’t use the cellphone long time. This kinds of device can bad for some people and this kind of device good for some people. The parents don’t use the cellphone longtime but the teenager used cellphone longtime. When we were a child our parents give us a lot of time but now we don’t have enough time with them.
My parents are addicted to the phones well when my dad woke up he look him Facebook but my mom she it is not a fan of the social device she only just Facebook to talk with my family they are in other country. To communicate with them. But in other words my dad always in the work or in the house he look Facebook to see what are the people doing or post. But my mom only use her phone to play games the only things she like is play game on her phone. She don’t waste her time on her phone because she need things to do in the house. My two litter sisters the always are in the phones all the day just looking videos or play, sometimes the chat with on her friends. For example in myself I think I use my phone more time then my parents. But when I got to sleep I put my phone in airplane to don’t receive nobody messenger sometimes I sill woke up all the night watching some movies or chat with my friends
My father is addict to phone, when he arrive in the house he all-time take his phone. I use the phone but when is necessary for example when I have pendent something in my job or school. The situation of my father addict to his phone affect in my life, because I need talk him about how we fell and all day. However that is impossible, because I think he talks with her friends in my country may he miss his friends and he feel better when talks with them. In the personally I miss that times when to have phone was rarely. Because we passed in family, the time were especially for our life. I recommend use the phone but when is necessary, don’t use the phone when you drive that is the most important. First is your family and people who are with you because that is so bad for them.
Also people spend time on their phone and forget to take rest. This conducts do not following that need for health of body and every day in phone without communication their family but these big problems for device. My friends don not sleep because be happens the night talks with persons. I will say my cousin is addicted to her phone seeing movie, horror series and this take more wants. The addicted is interesting but unexplained is 98% everyone have phones don’t can’t live conformable for type sensation search a lot time mobile.
I am addict with my son but also my mom is addict her phone and she speak with our family in other place. She spend a lot time in her pone and don’t have enough time with me. Sometimes I want to tell sometime and she is speak or chat and don’t pay attention me. When she arrive home always she is use her phone chat o speak and I hate this. I think she would use her phone little more time and always she says she use her phone for interest. Phone is the big problem in the half of part of family. I think the people prefer to use their phone that spend time with their family. My mom always spend a lot time with her phone and a little time she pay attention with my own things I know she spend and enjoy time in play candy crush and she need understand her children need spend time.
Now, this day cellphone is one of our addiction. This addiction is now not stacking in teenagers, but also our parents too. This is true cellphone is a very important device in our everyday life. But any good thing if it’s going to be an addiction, that’s result is bad. Our parents are going to addicting in a cellphone in several way. First I think we don’t give theme lot of time in home. When we have free time we just use our phone or computer. In this loneliness make theme addicted to phone. One other thing when we were child, our parent give us more time. Now we are too busy in our life, so they find another way to pass there time. The result is there are going too addicted to it. Is this addiction make change our relationship? My answer is yes. This addiction makes our parent far away from us. We don’t talk too much. We don’t have fun together. We have very few time to free. But we wasted time in a phone. I am not trying to say stop use phone. I just try to say we need it for sure, just use it properly not addicted on it. This addiction is not harmful to our relationship, but also physically too. Like our brain, eye is damage if we use it lot. Its reduce sleep. In my family, I try to aware of my parent to use less phone.
I think is important and useful phone use, but the time with our children, our family and friends is the most important. Actually, people spend more time using their phone than seeing their surroundings. Sometimes, we could forget that our children need time and dedication, too. In fact, we say them that they need to shut down their phones, because they spend a lot time in, but we do not realize that we do the same. If we need to do something important, phone can help us to reminder it, and if we want to talk with our friends or family, with ours phone, we can do it. Phones broken the barriers. The bad use of our phones is the problem. I think my mom is addicted with her phone. She is usually on Facebook or WhatsApp, and I do not like that, because she spend a lot time using it, so she does not pay attention to me. The excessive use of it could broke relationships. Before, people shared a lot of time with their family, now we do not see that usually. Now we are slaves of our phones, unfortunately.
For me I will say my Mom is addicted to their phone but my Dad is on his way up there with my mom. My Mom since she joined Facebook she uses that to connect with family members in other places. When my grandma came to Minnesota the first present they got her was a phone and made her get a Facebook account to communicate with us. She also uses it for fun, she be playing Candy Crush and she will be on that until she gets bored, she plays it after she is done cleaning or cooking so its pretty much a break for her but at the same time she too long in that game. In conclusion I will say my Mom is addicted to her phone but for important things, like communicating with her family members in other places, she also has fun in her phone but that comes after shes done doing chores.
In the other hand my Dad is not a phone guy because he works Monday through Saturday and his job doesn't let him have time to use his phone. He will use it if his phone ring to answer but that's the only time he uses it. When he comes home its a different story, he will be on that until he falls asleep, as well as my mom he uses his phone to connect with family members but when he isn't he is scrolling through Facebook. In conclusion my Dad if his job let him have breaks he will use his time all on his phone, but he also uses it for other important things.
me and my sister are addicted to our phone but are parents are also addicted. my dad only uses his phone for music and work but my mom uses it for games, music and Facebook a lot more. i believe teenagers are just as addicted than before but parents and our society is more accepting of our usage so that's why we believe we are better off than before
@Jediah I have the same problems in my house with everyone being addicted the there phones.
I personally do not think that my parents are addicted to their phones because we are always doing something. My parents will occasionally check their phones to see who messaged them or to use the GPS. I mostly use my phone for music and contacting friends. The phone usage in my family doesn't really affect our relationship because my family is against being on our phones for long periods of time. Usually we go outside and do something together as a family. I don't think that my family needs to put their phones down more often because we are never on our phones. My family doesn't usually argue about our phones unless I'm listening to music to often. If we do argue it is usually about me or my mom. Sometimes I get my phone taken away when I and listening to music to often and need to do something else with my time. I thought it was interesting that the percentages between adult use of their phones compared to adolescent phone use was that different. My families attitude towards phone use is different from those of the report. My family puts their phones in the dinning room at bedtime and then get them again in the morning after breakfast. We don't use our phones at the table when we are eating or when we are having family time. I honestly wouldn't change anything about my families use of out phones because we have a healthy routine with them already.
I definitely think my mother is addicted to her electronic devices, in particular her phone. Nearly every time I walk in to a room my mom is in, she is on her cellphone, and if not that she is using her laptop. While I will admit I have my fair share of technology use, I usually just use my phone for listening to the radio. I do know for a fact that my dad is not addicted to his phone because I rarely see him with it since he just uses it for phone calls and navigation.
I would say that my parents are not addicted to their phones. Taking their occupation as care givers into consideration, my parents use their phones a reasonable amount. I say this because there are times at work when they are left with no other choice than to pass time by looking at their phones. Some patients, my parents have told me, don't like to have the television on while they're sleeping. If you were not aware, entertainment while working as a care giver is essential because you need to be awake in the middle of the night in case anything happens to the patient. Without the television, they look to their phones to help keep them from sleeping. When they are at home, however, they spend their time sleeping or talking to me and my siblings about our day. Over dinner we also watch the news and often find ourselves talking about what's happening around the world.
This issue of parents being addicted to their phones is actually very prevalent in Latin American countries. In my Spanish class we talked about how the parents' use of cellphones create a gap between the relationships of the parents and kids. The kids that face this lack of attention from their parents are called "huérfanos digitales" which translates to "digital orphans". There couldn't be a more fitting name to describe the children's situations because their parents are putting more attention to their phones rather than their kids.
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I would say that my mom is somewhat addicted to her phone, while my dad is not. My mom will spend around three hours of her day on Facebook and other social media as well as texting. My dad is on his phone a lot, but it’s only for work. While he isn’t working, he doesn’t go on his phone at all. I would definitely say that I am more addicted than them, although phone usage isn’t really a conversation we have at all. Because I do well in school and other things, my parents allow me to use my phone as I want to. They don’t put restrictions or rules on how much I can use it, as I use it responsibly and not to the point where it is becoming a problem.
@Bijan
i agree with you, me and my sister use are phone a lot and miss out on memories with our families when my parents use it for more down time.
My dad is definitely not addicted to his phone. On average my dad probably spends maybe 2-3 hours a day on his phone and I'd say close to 90% of that time is spent using it for work. The other 10% is composed of looking at news or directions. Compared to my usage, my dad probably has about half the screen time I do per day. I use my phone for around 4 hours a day. I really don't think either of our phone usages have significant effects on our family quality of life, because ultimately we both always put down our phones when it's appropriate and we need to. With that being said, it's not surprising that we generally do not argue over device usage. The only time it really comes up is if I'm using my phone when I should be doing in homework, and in these cases I usually just listen and put my phone away. Of the findings of the report I found it very interesting that kids tend to say that their parents are addicted to their phone when most kids easily use their phones more than their parents. And while some kids may complain that rules don't apply to their parents when it comes to phones, that's because parents only break the rules for work, whereas kids break the rules for social media and games.
The article mentions "sacred spaces" places where phone use is prohibited amongst family members, interestingly enough, the dinner table used to be a sacred space in my household. Dinner would be the time where we would talk about our days and catch up with one another. I noticed that as time goes by the dinner table became less and less sacred. It's not just the kids that are violating the "sacred space" rules but my parents are just as guilty. It's embarrassing sometimes when we eat out, and all of us are on our phones while the family beside us are socializing and talking amongst themselves. For one dinner, after one of my teachers brought this concept up in class, we stacked out phones up on the side of the table, away from us. The idea is that we'd interact with one another more if the phones are out of view, and the punishment for taking the phone out of the stack was that you had to wash the dishes. It actually worked for the short time period before my dad abolished the game because he thought it was ridiculous. In all honesty, the whole family is equally obsessed with their phones. The stat about how only 23% and 32% of parents and kids use their phone within 5 minutes of waking up was surprising to me because as a family the first thing we do in the morning is check our phones. I guess that habit isn't as normal as I thought
It is safe to make the conclusion that my parents are addicted to their phones. Either my brother or I will ask them a question and we will get no response, as they are hyper-focused on their devices. I'll ask my dad what we’re having for dinner and he’ll look up from his phone and stare at me as if he doesn't understand and needs me to repeat. Parents are supposed to set the example of the household. Although my brother and I are told not to use our phones at the dinner table, my parents are exempt from their rule and consistently use their phones instead of involving themselves in a conversation. We are told not to spend as much time on our phones and more time reading a book to give our brains a break, though they have been seen with a book in their hand in months. I believe if they want us to abide by these rules, they should set the example for us to follow. It does hinder our relationships with them as we are not able to connect as deeply and as often as desired. In the age of technology, something such as this is not uncommon, but that does not make it right.
My parents are not addicted to their phones. They usually use a T.V or a computer for their entertainment, while I use my phone or a game console. I would say I am more addicted to my phone than them, but we are all addicted to technology in some way. The reason I use my phone a lot more than they do is that I need to connect with my friends through texting, snapchat, and more. My parents use more website based services like Facebook, and email, which doesn't require them to be using a phone. They have so many options to use when they have free time, that their phone isn’t a requirement. My mom only uses technology for watching the news, cooking shows, or checking her email. This means that all she needs to use is the T.V and her computer. My dad uses his phone a little bit more frequently because he needs it to communicate with people from work. He will use it for entertainment sometimes, but usually, it’s strictly for work.
My parents both spend a lot of time on their mobile devices. However, my mom always put her phone down when she is around us and we are spending time as a family. Other than that, she seems to always have her phone with her. My dad on the other hand, is constantly on his phone. But you can't blame him. His job is based around being on his phone, since he is the owner of a real estate company. His job is to deal with all the tenants who don’t follow the rules. He constantly get phone calls and he must answer them as soon as possible. When my siblings and I are in the car he usually gets a phone call once every 5 minutes. A small thing like this makes it difficult to have a normal conversation. This is not to say that I don’t use my phone. I use my phone really often, but when I do homework I try to not go on it to keep it from distracting me. I think if we all used our phones less we could have better communication and be able to spend quality time together.
Considering the amount of time kids my age spend on their phones, it's ironic that parents are the ones being called out for their screen time. That being said, my parents are on their phones quite often. Although it isn't a huge issue in my family, from time to time it's a bit annoying to be told not to text at the dinner table only to see my mom take a call about 15 seconds later. However, many teens don't seem to understand that their parents are often on their phones for their jobs. Personally, my father is especially attached to his phone, and for good reason -- he's an IT guy, and needs to know what's going on in the office. He helps out branches in different time zones as well, meaning someone might need technical assistance in Chicago while my family is eating supper. I don't have the same excuse my father has, and neither do most teenagers.
My dad probably spends the same amount of time on his devices as I do, which is a lot. Because my school has become reliant on chromebooks, I'm spending upwards of 6-8 hours a day staring at a device. My dad does the same because he works with computers. We've established a sort of mutual respect for one another's absurd amount of screen time. That doesn't mean, however, that he doesn't call me out for spending a bit too much time watching Netflix on a Tuesday night.
My parents don’t really spend much time on their phones. Of course they use it more because they are constantly responding to work-related meetings and teleconferences, but other than that they really don’t just sit on their phone. Furthermore, my parents not using their phone really does improve the chemistry among the family and this help indirectly show me that you don’t have to be on your phone to have fun and enjoy life. Therefore, if they decided to find a new job that requires them to work less on their mobile phone this could lead to us having more time to just take a night off and watch a movie or go fishing at the park. Furthermore, I think this is a really big issue that our civilization is going to continue to face. I also think it won’t get any better unless we teach people of all ages how to be responsible about how much time they use on their phone. We also should teach them that they are missing out on a lot of meaningful experiences if you spend your entire life on your phone. This starts with our school. Me and my family believe that responsible mobile phone usage should be taught in high school during health class.
Yes, my family has rules for phones. However, they are stupid and my brother and I don’t follow them. The rules are we can’t be on our phone at the dinner table or while we are eating. My parents also thought it was a good idea to say that we are not allowed to have our phones in our room. I like the rule about the dinner table but I don't like any of the others. The thing that makes me the maddest is how my dad mostly breaks all of these rules. My dad is always watching something while he eats and I know my mom is always looking at the news in bed. If I was a parent and if I made rules about phones I would obey them too. My dad always takes my phone as punishment but he doesn’t know it really doesn’t matter. There are so many other ways of going online. For example, an Ipad has the same exact features and more than a phone has. I think rules about phones are good in some places but unnecessary in others.
My father spends about 10-12 hours on devices each day whether it’s a computer, phone, tv, etc. The rest of the time my father is either at a meeting, at a party, driving my sister or me to something, etc. However, he spends about 4-8 hours on devices due to work and news. He uses devices to help him learn and work. Since he uses them mostly for work he isn’t addicted.
My mother spends about 6-10 hours on devices each day. Unlike my father, she uses electronics to please her everyday needs like texting and calling. She is addicted to her phone though not as badly as a gamer or 16-year-old who has to text back.
Since my parents don’t really use their devices around us we feel that their lives are better than a phone addict. When we aren’t using phones were usually in a car ride or eating dinner whether at home or at a restaurant. If we used our devices less however we could spend more time together which would lead to better lives and relationships for all of this. However, my sister and I were exposed to devices at a young age which disallowed us to learn without them.
No we don’t argue over the use of our mobile devices, at least not often. Usually, however, it is my device use that is in question. My dad doesn’t really use his phone, but when he does it’s only to call, text, and look at the news. I don’t see him using his phone often except for these reasons, and even when he is using his phone for these reasons, he is not glued to it and probably only spends about 10 minutes max, and that’s usually when he’s reading the news. He barely knows how to text so he actually has me do it sometimes. While my dad uses his phone very minimally, I, however, use mine very often. Usually these arguments spark while I’m playing video games. He’ll call me up for dinner and I will respond with, “one minute” and then a minute will go by and I will still be finishing up my game. The outcome is always the same though. I will say “one minute” and come up five minutes later, he’ll threaten to cut the wires, more so jokingly, and then after I’m done eating I will keep on playing.
My parents are not addicted to their phones, however for work and other things they are required to use them a lot. They get a lot of emails on their phone and need to check them constantly in order to keep up with work. I am not worried about them being on their phones, as I am also on my phone as much if not more than them and it works out fine for me. A lot of people say being on the phone too much can give “suicidal thoughts” but that has not happened to me from simply being on my phone or anyone in my family for that matter. I feel like this day in age a phone is needed to keep up social connections, school work, making plans with people and sometimes just for your own entertainment. There are very few jobs which will not require you to have a phone. What if your boss texts you something? What if something urgent is happening? There are little to no scenarios I can say “having a phone would be worse than not having one”. It simply doesn’t happen and my parents and I realize this.
My parents are not addicted to their phones, and they allow me to use my phones only if I'm keeping up with everything I am supposed to. They are only on their phones recreationally, and usually spend their time working or reading. I know it sounds lame but I rather have that then straight phone addicts. When I slack on school or sports, I get that privilege of using technology taken away from me. My parents are old school, and teach me that being addicted isn't okay. This topic is not that concerning within my family because they reinforce healthy habits within my family. They make sure we do everything we are supposed to do, and then give us the technology in our free time. I can sometimes be carried away by my phone, but I know when to stop cause I know it is bad. I feel comfortable with and without my phone because I can find things to do.
@Lev I can relate to you because my family does outdoors activities instead of being on our phones all day. We also don't use our phones when we are eating and when we are having family time. My parents are also very old school because they are from an older generation that didn't have cell phones when they were growing up. I also get my phone or TV privileges taken away when I don't do what I am supposed to or going on sites that I'm not supposed to. Overall I would say that my family is healthy with our phone and TV usage all together.
I would say that my parents are addicted to their phones. My mom specifically just can't seem to spend enough time on the phone. Whenever I see her she is talking to one of her friends. These conversations aren't just frequent, but they go on for a very long time. Conversations can range between 30 minutes on the minimum and have no maximum. Sometimes she will call her one of her friends even if she has nothing that she really needs to talk to them about. This is problematic because more often than not, I will not be able to reach her because she is talking on her phone. In addition to this, she cannot put her phone down when she is talking with somebody. If I ever need her for something, I always get the "I'll be done in a minute", but I can't remember a single time where she has actually been there within a minute.
Not only is she addicted to talking on the phone, but to Facebook as well. My mom absolutely loves Facebook. What mom wouldn't? There is no better platform for moms all over the world to brag about their children and become followers of other peoples' lives. Everything that she posts has to be absolutely "perfect" and it can be very frustrating for the amount of time that she spends on achieving this.
In conclusion, I am sort of concerned about my mom's habit of being on her phone but in general, I don't think that it really has an effect on my relationship with her.
@Jacob Brodson I agree with you because we also are addicted to our phones but our relationships stay the same with our family members.
My mom is addicted to her phone because she is always calling somebody or texting somebody and she's taking pictures of everything. Anywhere she goes she takes a picture, and it’s not even of anything interesting, it could be a tree and she will think that it's worth taking a picture of. For example, if I need help with homework and I ask my mom a question she wont answer me or won’t even hear me because she’s staring at her phone screen. Obviously, everyone loves to seat on there phone for hours so I don’t blame my mom, but it could get annoying at times. Another example, of her being on her phone is if i’m driving and she’s checking facebook and I’m in a situation where I don't know what to do on the road. I ask her what to do and she’s not answering me because she’s on her phone. I don’t blame her because I do the same thing throughout the day while i’m talking to people sometimes or doing something. I’m that concerned about phone use in my family or in general because everyone uses one and it’s part of life nowadays.
No, my parents are nowhere near being addicted to their phones as I am, the most time they spend on their phones are like an 1 to 2 hours. Unlike me I spend more time on my phone compared to them. I’m kind of surprised that my parents aren’t more addicted to their phones because most of their friends or family are always on their phones. If my parents were to be addicted to their phones things would be a lot different at my house. If me and my parents would reduce the amount of time we spend on our phones we would probably talk a lot more and spend more time doing things together.
My parents are not addicted to their phones. My parents only use their phones to check emails and communicate with my sister and I along with daily calls to close family members. I would say that my parents use their phones for about an hour a day unless they have long phone calls. That is a lot better compared to my sister and I. We both use an average of 3-4 hours a day for snapchat, instagram, and texting with people in general. My parents could be talking with us more often and spending time with their own family instead of whatever they do on their phones. My mom usually is the one to scream at me when I am on my phone too often. She has to do this often because she doesn’t like me on my phone. This probably happens 2-3 times a day. This results in me being very annoyed and her being very mad. The most surprising thing in the article was when it said, “The share of parents who felt “addicted” to their devices rose to 45 percent from 27…” This makes a little sense because before smartphones, phones weren’t used as much besides calls and texts. The only rule about cellphones in the house is that we can’t sleep with them in our room and that applies to only my sister and I.
My parents aren't addicted to their phones, but I would say they have some rules they discuss with me about my screen time. My dad for example will always tell me not to stay up too late on my phone, but I do anyways. To fix this he used to take my charger and put it downstairs, so it would force me to not have it up in my room.But weirdly he doesn't follow the same rule, his phone is always kept in his pocket or his room. I would think some of these rules like not having your phone during dinner or charging it downstairs would be beneficial. BUt my family is set on their own opinion However my mom doesn't care too much about the time spent on my phone, because she doesn't really use the devices herself. My mom has never been educated on how to use her phone, so the only time she is on her phone is to answer phone calls. My dad is a little different he knows how to use his phone and is on it occasionally. Usually I see that he's reading the paper, so I guess that doing this diverts him away from using his phone. My brother is a totally different story, he's always on his phone in the wrong times like when we're out to dinner or with friends. But when he's out and we try to call him he never answers because his ringer is off, like he wants to not be on it.
My family does have rules about mobile devices. But only my mom follows them. The only rule is to plug them in downstairs at night. It doesn’t really matter to me how much my parents use mobile devices. That’s their business. One rule that I want to see adopted into my family is everyone uses their own charger that comes with their phone. This is a huge problem in our house. We are supposed to have all our chargers downstairs where my mom plugs in her phone, but everyone else takes one for themselves. This leaves my mom without a charger and it gets her very angry. If everyone just kept their own charger in their own space, it would eliminate all of the problems. It would also make us more willing to put down the phones when asked because we know they are secure in our own space. We also won’t have to go through the hassle of trying to find a charger.
— Are your parents addicted to their phones? If yes, how concerned are you about phone use and abuse in your family?
I don’t think that my dad is addicted to my phone, but my mom might be a different story. She is always on her facebook or talking with her friends. My dad really only uses his phone when he needs to call someone for something, and he doesn’t have any form of social media. I’m not really concerned about them being addicted, obviously for my dad he doesn’t use his phone, so I don’t think he has an addiction. Even for my mom, I’m not concerned because she is doing important things on her phone, so I’m not really concerned. I don’t think that anyone being on their phones really affects our family because no one is really addicted, and if someone is talking then we just talk to each other and interact in person.
My father is not addicted to his phone. He only uses his phone for work to contact people, or to contact the family or someone else. My dad does not have games and does not use any social media (instagram, facebook, snapchat, etc.). However, my mother does use social media, like instagram and facebook, this does not necessarily mean she is addicted though. My mom can easily put down her phone when she needs to and focus or do work when necessary. Therefore she is not addicted to social media, like instagram or facebook, or her phone. The definition of addicted reads, “physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance, and unable to stop taking it without incurring adverse effects”. Since my mother can stop using her phone when necessary, she is not addicted to it. I am not concerned about my parents, it is not that big of a deal because they are not addicted. They do not just compulsively use their phones and they can stop whenever they want. If anything, the closest thing to phone addiction is my mom, but she does not use social media that often.
My parents and I argue over the use of mobile devices on a normal basis. This is because my parents yell at me for overusing my phone during my personal time. This results in an argument since my parents are basically on their phones every other hour for at least 30 minutes straight. Whether my parents are using their phones for work, free time, or even messaging, they don’t realize the impacts it may have on them as well. They’re always so concerned for my siblings and I when my parents have the same exact negative habit as we do. We always question each other about who uses it more for the wrong reason. I believe my mom does especially, since she is always on Facebook and other social media. The outcome of our arguments are always the same only because our fights never get anywhere. My dad on the other hand uses his personal laptop and phone for work most of time. Even though he is uses his devices for work, this isn’t any better than my mom. This is because my dad also uses his devices for personal uses on the weekends, almost all the time. Thus the reason why, there is no point in arguing in the first place.
My parents spend a pretty big amount of time on their mobile devices. However, if they are compared to me, I use my phone a lot more than them. My parents’ phone use does not really affect our families relationship, but it does show me that I can be on my phone and then if I am on it for too long when we are together, one of them will make a comment about it and make me put it down. My parents’ phone use does not really affect the overall quality of life, but it sets an example for me and others around. I think that if my parents would put down their phones more often, we could spend more time together and they could have more one on one conversations rather then only talking to people on the phone.
Yes I think that my parents might be addicted to their phones. They spend a lot of time watching videos/movies, looking at pictures and video of our family and friends on facebook. They spend a lot of time writing emails, texting, and calling other family and friends. I don’t feel like the amount of time they are spending on their phones really affects the family because a lot of the phone usage is also texting the family to let us know what our plans are and it's very helpful. I haven’t really thought of this, but to be honest, I think my parents might spend as much time on their phones as my sister and I do on our phones. I dont think this is a big deal because they aren’t addicted to the point where its gets in the way of our family and their friends. I think it starts to become a problem when they spend less with our family and instead are on facebook or just texting us instead of talking to us. I dont think that my family uses their phones as much as other families do like our aunts and uncles family. We dont have a restriction on how much we can use our phone because it really isn’t a problem
Yes, my parents are addicted to their phones. Weather we're at a family dinner or just spending time together as a family, there's always a reason for one of my parents to be on their phones. My mom always tells me how I'm addicted to my phone which I'd agree with, however she's just as addicted as I am and she doesn't admit it. My parents go on their phones so often because they claim it's for "work" even though they get distracted scrolling through memes on instagram or trying new filters on snapchat. While I don't think my parents addiction causes issues in our family, I do think it can interrupt time we could be spending together and talking to each other.
My parents spend a decent amount of hours on their phone, however, they are not addicted to their phones. There are some days where they are consistently on their phones, but there are also some days where they don’t even bother checking their phones. I think on average, my parents spend about three to four hours on their phone per day. I don’t think that I am addicted to my phone. If I had to live without my phone, I think I would be able to do so. The average amount of hours I spend on my phone per day is three to four hours, which is similar to my parents. When my family decides to spend time together, we don’t go on our phones. Especially during dinner, we aren’t allowed to go on our phones. This is a rule that goes for my parents and us, which allows this rule to stay. If it was unfair, meaning that my parents would be allowed to go on their phones and not us, I think that I would protest against this rule. I don’t think that relationships in my family are affected by technology because we don’t tend to go on our phones a lot. We do have strong relationships and we usually don’t allow anything to affect them, which is why I think that this plays a major role in why technology doesn’t affect our relationships. If my family and I spend less time on our phones, I think that our bonds would strengthen more, however, I don’t think spending less time on our phones would impact my family dramatically.
Yes, my mother are addicted to their phones. My Mom cannot spend more than ten minutes without speaking to one of her friends. She has a rotation, I think. In the morning she talks to her two closest friends. Then at night she talks to her two sisters. Each of the four last at least twenty minutes and usually last longer. My brother and I are pretty concerned with this addiction. We both tell our Mom that she spends way too much time on her phone. Also, on top of talking on the phone, she is always on Facebook. She is in two or three groups on Facebook that are constantly being used, as well as she catches up with old friends. I would say she spends five to six hours a day on her phone. I think the time she spends on her phone affects the rest of the family. Every time I ask her a question or I need help, she cannot answer me because she is already speaking to someone else. Whenever I need peace and quiet doing homework or watching TV, she is talking. It isn’t very concerning to me, but it is annoying to me and the rest of my family.
Although I don't believe that my parents are addicted to their phones, I do feel that for the most part parents are often times on their phones more than kids are. For example, this past February I was in Greece and had just hiked to the top of Mount Lycabettus, where at the top you could see the entire city from the mountains to the oceans. It was there when I noticed that just how bad parents are addicted to technology. At the top of the mountain there was a quaint little restaurant carved into the side of the mountain were you could eat dinner as you watched the sun set over the city. As I was watching the sun melt into the ocean I happen to hear someone crying and I looked to a table across the balcony and saw a girl (probably around four years old) crying wanting her mom to color with her. However her mother was not only on her phone but also on her laptop not even acknowledging her daughter. I then looked around the restaurant to see that almost all the people on their phones were adults and all the kids were taking in the view with their phones out of sight. This is when I realized that parents seem to be way more addicted to their phones then kids are.
I do believe my parents are somewhat obsessed with their cellphones. This is surprising because they have very limited knowledge about them, or about how they even work. However, I find my parents to be more obsessed with the basic uses the cellphone provides. For example, my mom is usually talking on the phone to someone, using her smart phone like a land line most of the time. On the other hand, my dad tends to use his device for texting with his friends, mostly about the latest sports happenings.
I believe my parents' behaviors and/or uses of the cellphone contradict what most people would expect others to be obsessed with. My parents have very basic behaviors on their phones and mainly use them for what they are supposed to be used for: easy and efficient communication. This contradicts the social media obsession the majority of people have in today's world, but my parents would never be able to figure out how to navigate through these platforms.
My dad is definitely addicted to his phone, but so am I unfortunately. I'd say both my dad and I go on for about 6 hours a day.. which is pretty bad. Both my parents don't really care as long I keep up my grades and don't go on shady websites. They never really question my phone use since they both work so we hardly argue over our devices. Sometimes, I casually tell my dad that he spends too much time on his phone watching videos and that I wished he would hang out with me more, but it would never escalate into a full blown argument. To be honest, I find myself rather bored with my phone most of the time and I wish I had friends who would play tag/hiding-go-seek with me again. Maybe talking to others more often and making friends would both help my parents and I get away from our phones.
Although my parents do use their phones quite a lot, I don't believe they are addicted to them. Both my parents work in law firms, constantly emailing and contacting their co-workers, making it hard for them to completely separate away from their phones. However, I would say that they don't use their phones near as much as my sister or I do. I think addicted can be a strong work in the sense that I am able to disconnect from my phone and put it down. My parents are able to disconnect while also still being on task, considering their job requires them to be mobile. I am the type of person to realize that I've been on my phone for too long, and I need to take a step back. I feel like my parents have taught me the control I need with my phone.
My parents are one hundred percent not addicted to their phones. They preach to my family to use all our phones less so we are more involved with the people around us. With this we are normally more involved with the different activities our friends throw, or any charities that my football team throws. To be honest, my dad still asks me questions to this day about how to use his phone for new processes. For example, he recently learned how to use emojis and sent me a story out of them. It was quite weird, but still it was funny because he didn't know what many of them mean. My families are not ones to see on their phones, but it is their ability to interact with people that cares for them.
Are my parents addicted to their phones? Absolutely not, and in fact, they barely know how to use them. My parents are now grandparents, and are closer to 60 years of age, so it makes sense that they do not use their cell phones much. It's a generational thing, and when they were growing up they did not use cell phones. My parents always complain that I am on my phone too much, but I am myself am not addicted. I enjoy using my phone, but it is not hard for me to put it down. In my opinion, parents should not be addicted to their phones. It sets a bad example for their kids, and there really is no reason to be on your phone unless its to call or text people. Not to be mean, but its time for parents to get off of Facebook and twitter, and focus on their real lives instead of gossiping with the other parents in town over a Facebook group chat.
I (a teen) feel less attached to my phone but I'm not sure if I'm actually using it less. Perhaps the taboo of always being glued to your phone is losing its potency toward teenagers. Maybe phone addiction rates aren't decreasing for teens, but the feelings associated with being addicted to smartphones are. I feel less guilty about being attached to my phone because my phone has been rapidly integrated into my life, at a pace much faster than it has for my parents. My phone plays a major role in my academic and social life. Most of my classwork has migrated online, as have school research and communication. That being said, I still share memes, use Snapchat filters and watch YouTube videos on my phone. But I do those things without feeling guilty or addicted. My parents see their phones in a different light than I see mine. I can get work and play done on my phone, while work for my parents is done at the office or on the computer and their smartphone is for fun and checking the weather. Extended smartphone use makes my parents feel guilty for being less productive and more addicted to a bad habit. I feel productive and don't feel addicted to my phone as my time is justified by how many things I can and have to do on my phone.
As a teenager myself, I can say that I notice my parents using technology as much as me. Maybe this is just my experience, but my parents are constantly using their phones, and not just for business but for social media! My dad is always watching youtube just for entertainment and my mom is always using Facebook to see post from her friends. I would honestly say that my parents use their phones as much as I do! I feel like kids are blamed for constantly using phones because we are more updated with the newest trends and entertainment rather adults are less. Adults typically choose to stick to what they know and use on social media and never really try exploring more. My parents and I are always arguing about who uses phones more because they always assume I use it way more then them.
@Cassie Well it does sound like your parents use their phones excessively. While you probably use you phone a lot to I wouldn't consider it excessive because teenagers (like you said) tend to use their cells for information as well as entertainment. They can keep us updated and aware of what is happening in the world in a far broader spectrum and in greater detail than most television news channels would inform you about.
Most parents don't like when their child is on their phones. My parents would always trip when they see me on my phone. Even though my mom goes on social media more than I do. My dad barely uses hid phone. I don't even realize how much i'm on my phone.
@Abdi to be completely honest with you parents don't like kids on their phone because when they were growing u back then they didn't have as much as us kids do now when it snowed they were outside playing when it rained puddles were their favorite toys and in summer the only times they came in was time to eat and when the street lights came on. maybe you don't realize how much your on your phone because you are in denial because i know that ive been your place before so i hope this helped you please make sure you do read this.