[marianne237]

During the holidays, we saw a family dining out. The young girl with them was sitting on the chair with her feet up on the edge and texting her friends rather than enjoying time with her grandparents and parents. No one admonished her. Are we raising a group of knuckle headed rude people for the next generation?

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by marianne237

Don't have a cell phone, don't want one. Where did we get this "need" to have instant talking on a phone?

I'm glad to hear that I'm not only person in Florida without a cell phone! I don't enjoy listening to people's personal conversations in stores, in restaurants, at the hairdressers, at the pool, while watching a movie, everywhere!

[Mack184]

Originally Posted by marianne237

During the holidays, we saw a family dining out. The young girl with them was sitting on the chair with her feet up on the edge and texting her friends rather than enjoying time with her grandparents and parents. No one admonished her. Are we raising a group of knuckle headed rude people for the next generation?

Times they do change. If cell phones were available when I was growing up I can assure you that my father would NEVER have allowed me to have one. Secondly, if this sort of scenario played out in front of my father, I wouldn't have been able to sit down for a week.