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My friends who are parents feel so guilty if they ever look at their phone while with kids. That message might have gotten through too strongly.

• bigDinosaur 4y ago
  Why does that seem to be 'too strongly'? Just like how being very fit requires some level of guilt with eating cake, so too does avoiding overuse of smartphones.
  • xcambar 4y ago
    Because there is a middleground. Being fit or staying away from your phone doesn't require to run 20k a week or to remove the phone from your kids' perception of the world.
    • nasmorn 4y ago
      If you want to be a runner it will certainly require 20k. That is 2 hours of training.
      • xcambar 4y ago
        I was specific about "being fit", not "being a runner".
  • watwut 4y ago
    Cause parents, especially young new ones, are constant target of guilting. All it achieves is that parents are more stressed and dont allow themselves rest or relax ... which makes them to be even more stressed. And it is not helping kids at all. Also, most fit people I know eat cake with no quilt. A lot of physical activity goes with more eating.