The silver lining is that if any of those people were in dire need of help they have the resource to get it almost anywhere in the world.
It's frowned on during family gatherings and if boys happen to get a text at the table they read and reply under the table. We recently babysat our grandkids for a week and they have a rubber coated screen thing with a handle on it , The youngest in preschool knows how to use it by herself and all the kids would facetime their mom and dad and that was it. There is a time and place for them to play games IMO . One of our grandsons is a ball of energy who can't sit still so he was getting into trouble with school bus driver . His parents got him a handheld game that he is only allowed to play on the school bus and it occupies his bus ride. It's a tool that works like a charm for those moments.
It's frowned on during family gatherings and if boys happen to get a text at the table they read and reply under the table. We recently babysat our grandkids for a week and they have a rubber coated screen thing with a handle on it , The youngest in preschool knows how to use it by herself and all the kids would facetime their mom and dad and that was it. There is a time and place for them to play games IMO . One of our grandsons is a ball of energy who can't sit still so he was getting into trouble with school bus driver . His parents got him a handheld game that he is only allowed to play on the school bus and it occupies his bus ride. It's a tool that works like a charm for those moments.