• lobut@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    what’s funny is that I built that into my routine and I try to have conversations during family get-togethers

    My parents seem to have broken that routine when smartphones came about will check their phone at the dinner table … my brother just has Reddit out all the time and scrolls if he feels the slightest bit bored. His kids are watching YouTube on the TV but they like talking … but he doesn’t feel the need to engage. His wife doesn’t seem to be all that engaged. Could be either due to him being on his phone all the time or doesn’t have much to say …

    • We weren’t allowed to have the TV on at dinner, either. And it was okay if no one had anything to say, but usually people did.

      I think those things are pretty unhealthy behavior.