Author Topic: Pathetic when older parents are hopelessly addicted to Facebook (Read 745 times)

Matthew · « **on:** August 06, 2016, 01:00:22 PM »

Maurer's story is an example of how distracted driving is not just an issue with teenage drivers. Though many of us might think teens are the ones who can't resist checking Snapchat, Instagram and other social networks, or texting, taking videos or playing video games while behind the wheel, parents have a hard time steering clear of their devices while driving, too.

In a poll conducted for Common Sense Media, 56% of parents admitted checking their phones while driving.

"We're finding estimates of about half of all parents say that they drive distracted," said Despina Stavrinos, director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's distracted driving research lab. "So that's not really helping for where we're trying to get in terms of shifting the societal norms. If Mom and Dad are doing it, then hey, it must be OK."

Fifty-one percent of teens said they see their parents checking and/or using their mobile devices while driving, according to the Common Sense Media poll.
"My mom is a big Facebooker," said one high school student in Long Island, New York. "So every single second, she's always on her phone texting and I will always tell her, 'Mom, your kids are in the car. Like it's one thing if it's just you, but my little sister is with us. Can you just stop for maybe a couple minutes?' "

'Grand slam of bad parenting'
It's the "old do as I say, not as I do" adage, said Deborah Hersman, president and chief executive officer of the National Safety Council. She says 95% of parents who say they drive distracted admit doing it in front of their teens. "That's just like the grand slam of bad parenting, because you are modeling the wrong behavior, and then you're telling the kids not to do something that they've watched you do potentially for years."

David Greenfield, founder of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, said that when he talks to children and adolescents about the factors that caused them to overuse their technology, they often talk about their parents' use of technology.

Matthew · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2016, 01:02:21 PM »

Note the part I put in bold.

Isn't that pathetic? Young, hip, millennials who have only known HIGH SPEED Internet, who feel like tablets and smartphones have always existed -- BEGGING their parents to stop being so addicted to Facebook!

The poor kid argued it for the sake of his little sister -- isn't that enough of a good reason? And yet -- I bet he ultimately failed in his plea.

s2srea · « **Reply #2 on:** August 07, 2016, 06:13:55 AM »

It is pathetic. It reminds me of how i always get rubbed the wrong way when older generations still with us complain about younger ones. You're surprised that generation x and millennials are such poop heads? You created them!

Stubborn · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2016, 10:51:02 AM »

Quote from: s2srea

It is pathetic. It reminds me of how i always get rubbed the wrong way when older generations still with us complain about younger ones. You're surprised that generation x and millennials are such poop heads? You created them!

I'd say they didn't create them as poop heads.

Mark 79 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2016, 06:38:39 PM »

I chuckled when I saw a blogger refer to Faceberg. How apropos.

songbird · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2016, 07:07:08 PM »

Boy, I remember the days when we traveled from far east to west of the mississippi with no phones. Not a care in the world! We enjoyed the family and never a worry. We just did it.

Now, in resturants we see families who take time off their phones to order and go right back to their phones. It is pathetic!