Parenting: ; Kids with Phones Have Weak Parents

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A reader asks if I have ever written a column on texting while eating in restaurants. She writes: "Recently my husband and I observed a small group at a table near us in a local restaurant. There were two teenage boys and a mother. They never talked to one another the entire time. All they did was text and play with various electronic gadgets.

"I asked our waiter if this happened a lot and he said it was the norm. He also told us that he often has to wait while taking an order until a person gets off their cellphone. My daughter-in-law thinks I am old-fashioned in thinking this because, she says, it's so difficult to talk to teens these days. What do you think?"

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Parenting: ; Kids with Phones Have Weak Parents

For the umpteenth time, I do not believe children should have cellphones until they are old enough to pay for them, including the monthly bi...

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