In most families, dinner time is the only time of the day when parents and children share the table and talk about how their day has been. It is a habit that we should not lose, that connects us as a family and favors positive communication.
But today we are too hooked on mobiles, which can become great enemies of family communication if we are not able to manage their use. And we don't talk only about children, but also about parents, as this great campaign that has Will Ferrell as the protagonist and encourages families to disconnect at the table.
Mobile addiction is really causing great harm to our families. We do not realize the time we are looking at the mobile and we stop being with our children.
One of the great mistakes of today's parents is what is known as distracted parenting, when we look more at the mobile than our children. We have become hyperconnected parents that although we are physically with them, we're really not paying attention to them. We pass his childhood in front of our eyes, while we look at the mobile screen.
The mobile basket
A proposal that we have made since the campaign, which we should put into practice in all homes, consists of put mobile phones / tablets in a basket when sitting at the table. Some restaurants have also put it into practice. In this way, everyone is forced to talk and be really at the table with their family without distractions.
And when you wonder if you choose the mobile or your family, do not doubt it, right? But then our actions do not say the same. To reflect.
Do not miss any of the campaign spots set up by Commonsense Media that we show you below, they are absolutely great!
