My family agreed to put phones in a basket during meals but my teenager says it's performative since we all just check them right after and honestly they're not wrong. We're going through the motions of being present but I can feel all of us mentally still scrolling and I don't know how to make this feel real instead of forced.
More people experience this than they realize.
A family discovers that physical absence of devices doesn't automatically create presence of attention.
“Where Are You with The attention economy examined?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.