This image from Reddit sparked a lot of comments and re-captions. Some included:
- “Having fun with daddy at Starbucks. #LoveMyDad #TooMuchFun #blessed”
- They probably don’t talk to their friends when they’re with them in person either. They’re still on their phones, I’m sure.
- I hate this cellphone age…
- “Dad, change seats. You’re photobombing my selfie.”
- Parents have a lot more control than they think. This is not just a generation of spoiled, self centered children with poor manners and no social graces, its also a generation of weak, lazy parents.
- Plot twist; That’s not his dad.
Here’s the original image that was posted:
What do you think about this?
Most of the teen girls in our church keep their faces in their phones directly after church service. Some criticize these kids for doing it, but I can’t help but flip the argument.
If these teens didn’t have their faces in their phones, would adults be talking to them? Take this father in the photo, for example, during these girls’ formable years, did he have his face glued to the television or his nose in the newspaper?
I don’t think the answer to this ‘smartphone-phenomenon’ is to shame kids or take their smartphones away from them, but offer them alternatives that are more interesting and rewarding than whatever their 6-inch screen has to offer.
Do you agree? Disagree?
[via Reddit]
Steven Gliebe says
Did you notice the three people at the table behind theirs? They’re alone together too. I’d say screen addiction has reached an epidemic. People’s greatest memories aren’t likely to end up being time they spent starting at screens.
A professor at MIT wrote this:
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
http://amzn.to/1utuhrf
Eric Dye says
Wow and wow.