{"id":14121,"date":"2024-04-16T16:37:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/its-not-just-children-who-are-smartphone-addicts-adults-are-too-letter\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T16:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:37:38","slug":"its-not-just-children-who-are-smartphone-addicts-adults-are-too-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/its-not-just-children-who-are-smartphone-addicts-adults-are-too-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not just children who are smartphone addicts, adults are too | Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adults should stop setting a bad example to young people, says Nisha Gandhi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like most articles on smartphone usage, your editorial (10 April<\/a>) discusses phone addiction among young people. This strikes me as hypocritical because, in my experience, adults look at their phones just as much as, or perhaps even more than, children.<\/p>\n

Most adults I know have their phone in their line of sight at all times. My 60-year-old mother, who used to scold me in my teens for always being on my laptop, recently confessed to being addicted to YouTube. I remember one article<\/a> about parents being told to stop looking at their phones and pay attention to\u00a0their children instead.<\/p>\n

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\nAdults should stop setting a bad example to young people, says Nisha Gandhi
\nLike most articles on smartphone usage, your editorial (10 April) discusses phone addiction among young people. This strikes me as hypocritical because, in my experience, adults look at their phones just as much as, or perhaps even more than, children.
\nMost adults I know have their phone in their line of sight at all times. My 60-year-old mother, who used to scold me in my teens for always being on my laptop, recently confessed to being addicted to YouTube. I remember one article about parents being told to stop looking at their phones and pay attention to\u00a0their children instead. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adults should stop setting a bad example to young people, says Nisha Gandhi Like most articles on smartphone usage, your editorial (10 April) discusses phone addiction among young people. This strikes me as hypocritical because, in my experience, adults look at their phones just as much as, or perhaps even more than, children. Most adults …<\/p>\n

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