My parents, sister and young niece are coming to stay for a few days over Christmas.
What I would like to do is collect all phones when they arrive (including mine and DH's) and then let them have them at designated 'phone times' for says 10 minutes to check messages before putting them away again. But even I can see that may be a tad controlling given that they are aged 40-70
How can I discourage it? Dsis is absolutely glued to her phone at all times and DH and DF aren't much better and I find it incredibly annoying. How do I get them to put their phones/tablets down and get the fuck off facebook/twitter/bbc sport? I think they'd all enjoy themselves more if they were a bit more 'in the moment'
I think my sister already find me somewhat bossy and sanctimonious... is there any way I can do it without my whole family thinking I'm a dick? We already have 'no devices at the table'.
Could i ask them to put their phones away for certain periods? Or ask them to keep their phones in a basket in the kitchen so they can go and check them whenever they want but dont just stare mindlessly at them out of habit?
Am I being a dick? Anyway I can achieve this without pissing everyone off?
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WIBU to say 'no devices' to my adult family on Xmas day?
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runlulurun · 21/12/2016 11:32
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