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How to explain why your phone interrupts family conversations

My 6-year-old asked me why I always say just a minute when she talks to me while I am on my phone and I could not think of a good answer.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Children's simple questions reveal the unexplainable ways technology has reordered family priorities.

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“Where Are You with Technology and children — the debate?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.