This is mostly for moms with teenagers. When you go to talk to your teenager at home or even in the car and they are scrolling on their phone. Do they look up? Yes? Or do they scrolling?

I’m a multitasker and probably don’t look up from my phone if I’m doing something, especially not when my parents speak to me😂 I don’t feel like it matters that much unless it’s a really important subject matter or you want me to look at something 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m not bothered if people don’t look at me when I talk as long as they’re actually attentive and responding. My parents on the other hand will look up at me when I start speaking, then back down at their phone, then say ‘what? I missed that’ 30 seconds after I’m done talking because they got completely distracted after tricking me into thinking they’re listening 🫠 I’d rather someone not look up at all and respond to me than that

I make her pause and pay attention. My daughter is the same (almost 13). She’s becoming very badly forgetful and not listening I’m considering taking the phone away completely.

Being on the phone while someone is talking to you is straight up rude even if you’re “paying attention” no matter what you’re doing or what age you are.

Also her school made it a rule that the students have to put their phone in a storage pocket on the wall when in class. Because kids were looking at their phones instead of paying attention in class. I'm a millennial,in my 40s so I didn't have phones in school. Kids seem to have a real addiction to their phones like they can't live without their phone.