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[shaggygirl]

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@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:

@Travone   I know what my kids were like when they didn't feel well. This little guy was full of energy.  No matter what Mom was doing it would have taken 5 seconds to take the toy he was throwing.  

What if he hit someone in the face with the metal toy or broke someone's glasses? 

This isn't the first time I've seen kids running around unsupervised while the parents had their heads buried in a phone.

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@CrazyKittyLvr2 

I'm with you 100%, 5 seconds, 10 at the most is all would have taken. 

[J Town Girl]

@CrazyKittyLvr2  I understand the point that you were making.   My husband and I like to take walks around the marina near our house and it always surprises me how many parents are walking around staring at their cell phones and just ignoring their children.   

Instead of enjoying the experience and making it a nice family outing they would rather worry about what they are missing by not constantly monitoring their phones than what they are missing by not sharing the moment with their children.   Many times the kids are just straggling behind them and I worry that the kids could easily fall into the water.

I've seen young children run up to strange dogs and try to pet them while their parents aren't even aware of what their kids are doing because they're too far away from them and engrossed in their phones.    

I think the way you described the incident in the doctor's office was exactly as you believed.    I've seen the same type of situation far too many times to think anything different.  

It isn't even just the young people.   A few weeks ago my husband and I were having breakfast at a restaurant and in the booth behind us was an older woman with two small children.   I could hear the little girls trying to talk to the woman and were calling her grandma.  My husband was facing them and he could see that the woman was just ignoring the children.   It was kind of sad to hear the children trying to share something with her and she just wasn't interested in talking to them.  As we got up to leave I noticed she was playing a game on her phone.   I thought she missed such a moment with these children just to play some silly game.   

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

@chrystaltree   Oh I agree that way back when it was magazines in Dr. offices.  But at least people didn't read magazines while driving or doing grocery shopping. I don't know how many people I've follwed thru Wegmans and they yakked from the 1st aisle to the last.

I guess I don't get peoples need to be constantly in touch with someone.  Emergencies go without saying, they are a different story.  What did these folks do before cell phones?  You went to the store, movies etc. for 2 hrs. and didn't worry about missing out on anything.

At least I know the mortician won't have to pry my cell phone from my hand when I go.

[JaneMarple]

Last week my daughter went to the doctor for herself and had to take her two young daughters with her. Her husband was at work and couldn't leave at the time.

She was diagnosed with a sinus infection and when she was getting her blood pressure checked the two year old took the opportunity to open the door and run down the hall. She was mortified and ran after her. Since it was an emergency visit, her in laws were an hour

away and would'nt have made it in time for last minute appointment.

During the visit as she had the youngest in a stroller and trying to keep the toddler quiet, she was texting her husband to let him know what was going on. How many would have assumed that she was texting nonsense? 

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

@J Town Girl   I used to work in a restaurant in the 80's.  Kids ran around all the time.  Luckily none ran into a server carrying a tray of hot plates and steaming bowls of soup.  And we all new if someones child got injured the parents would sue.

I had an elderly customer come back from the restroom and a 4 yr. old almost knocked him over.  I got the owner's wife and she said something to the parents.

[suzyQ3]

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@JaneMarple wrote:

Last week my daughter went to the doctor for herself and had to take her two young daughters with her. Her husband was at work and couldn't leave at the time.

She was diagnosed with a sinus infection and when she was getting her blood pressure checked the two year old took the opportunity to open the door and run down the hall. She was mortified and ran after her. Since it was an emergency visit, her in laws were an hour

away and would'nt have made it in time for last minute appointment.

During the visit as she had the youngest in a stroller and trying to keep the toddler quiet, she was texting her husband to let him know what was going on. How many would have assumed that she was texting nonsense? 

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@JaneMarple, hmmm...interesting word this "assume."

[Scooby Doo]

Reminds me of the sign my vet has hanging in her waiting room.  "Unsupervised children will be given a double expresso and a free puppy to take home."

[bobby5]

@Scooby Doo

Love that!😂

[chrystaltree]

@JaneMarple 

Maybe keep the kids under control and away from patients and staff.  And then....after the medical appointment was complete....text her husband.   That's probably what I would have done.  

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

@JaneMarple   This woman was on her phone when I went in and was on for a  good 15 mins. until she went in the back. A quick update text shouldn't take 15 mins. or more.