Young people not interested in anything but their phones

It is shocking that they can’t go or do anything without their phones .
But who is it to blame ?
Is it the parents that start them off to keep them Quiet in early years or schools for allowing it .

It’s a complete distraction to our teenager kids.my grand daughter is just 10 year old nd all she cares is her phone she can be staring at the phone for couple hours nd won’t move an inch

Tik Tok draws people in. I prefer to spend my time making money on eBay. Kerching. Much better than laughing at people messing around but each to their own.

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Physio should have told him to get off his phone! Student is there to learn not tag along...and student should know better.

Physio was in the loo.

This is surely an addiction-to having to be constantly stimulated, I would say. And I think it’s all age groups. I was on a long train trip today and nearly everyone regardless of age was just looking at a phone. One good thing was that it was nice and quiet!

I agree that the fixation is spread equally across all age groups.

Mothers pushing prams, dog walkers, people eating their lunch in the park, men waiting for a fish to bite..........one day they will look up and realise they've missed the best moments of their life by spending them looking at photos of other people's dinners on Instagram.

We were in Singapore a week ago and made good use of their MRT system- underground- looking down the carriage each time, almost every person was tapping away on their phones. Everywhere we went the phone was king. Is this the future for us too?

I volunteer with young teens and pre-teens and thankfully don’t see much of this phone obsession. Usually when one of them has just got a phone there seems to be a reluctance to put it away but that doesn’t last long. They become too interested and engaged in the activities we do. Sadly my daughter’s school don’t allow them to look at their phones during the day, unless needed in a lesson. This has fuelled her school-based anxiety as she can’t talk to me at lunch to calm her down.

There will be parents in Australia where this ban is to be implemented
. I'm pretty sure parents still find a way round if got them.
Very hard to police I'd think

I live in a college town and if I happen to drive through when classes are changing , the kids are walking with heads down while on their phones. They pay no attention to surroundings and will even walk out in front of cars. I've also noticed people of all ages ignoring their companions while on their phones when eating out.

The physio student should be reprimanded by his tutor. Poor placement practice.
My adult daughters have a no phones at the table rule, or in social situations. Their young children do not have phones (5 and 7) thankfully. My DH is the worst culprit …. ! I hate it when I see whole families out for a meal
- all on their phones . One dad with two young girls trying to get his attention - couldn’t take his eyes off his phone. It’s not the use of the phone I object to it’s the killing of real social interaction . Yet here I am on my phone ! But I’m ill so I’ll excuse myself thankyou !

My DH is a phone addict too, drives me nuts. It was only a few weeks ago after a meal that both my GC with partners, and DH all sitting around looking at their phones .. I was the only one not on my phone I was watching the Film they all wanted to see.
What makes it worse they are all looking at rubbish.

It is not only younger people that are addicted to their phones. Many older people are. We went for a midday meal last week. My husband sat totally fixated to his phone. I asked him not to keep fiddling with his phone. We are both retired so it was not work related. Ruined our lunchtime meal. In total frustration I got up and said to him hope you and your phone enjoyed the meal. I got up put my coat on and got the bus home.

I think it's down to the parents if children use their phones when in company, simple discipline, bad manners are bad manners. My GD loves her phone but does not use it when in my company instead she chats to me or whoever else is there and would never use it at the table.

My Grandson, just 14, is reasonable with his phone but my 9 year old Grandaughter cannot put her phone down. She is told to put it away at mealtimes but as soon as finishes is back online or talking to one if her friends.

Denmark is bringing in more stringent laws about phones, making it possible to prohibt their use during school hours, unless a teacher specifically wants them used for the subject being taught.

I think other countries are doing the same, and considering a minimum age below which children may not have smart-phones, tablets etc.

In our family, we have simply insisted that neither phones, tablets nor laptops are brought to the table, or in use when the family is gathered for any kind of talk.

Our DIL was surprised by this, but complied, as it was our son who told her the rules "when we are with mum and dad."

Don’t tar them all with the same brush! I never see any of my family holding a phone and that includes teenage grandchildren and my grandchildren are addicted to sport amongst other things not phones

You must have been very unlucky with the young people you have met. My kids are late 20s/30s and I definitely use my phone more than they do.

They should be banned in schools for sure
Screens should not be made for children under 4, some sit in their pushchair /prams playing away on some game never looking at the world around them.

Physio should have told him to get off his phone! Student is there to learn not tag along...and student should know better.

In years to come, when most of us here are gone people will be asking ^you gave them what at that age^🤦🏼‍♀️
My grandson, 18 isn’t bothered but my granddaughter 15 is seriously addicted.
Fortunately they are banned in her school. The school have spot checks. If one is found it is taken away for 3 days.

I don't find that the grandchildren use phones to the exclusion of everything else. They do heaps of other stuff and are always happy to chat to us.

Smartphones for under 16s should be banned Galaxy, like you, I feel strongly about this.
I’d ban phones in schools. All switched off in school hours. There’s no need for hovering parents to be texted about ‘bullying’.
I believe there’s too much screen time for most , including we oldies.
Not good to be constantly in touch. Work is becoming a nightmare, hundreds of emails, not all relevant but once it’s sent the expectation is it will be read

I’m terrible for scrolling on my phone, they’re so addictive. My Gson is too small to have one yet luckily.

It varies depending on the young people you know.