On average, Baby Boomers – those born between 1946 and 1964 – are on smart phones five hours a day. That’s almost the same amount of time on a phone as millennials – those born between 1981 and 1995 – who clock in over five-and-a-half hours per day. But what’s really interesting, is how that time on devices is being spent, and more importantly, what it means for our mental health. In a period when the more we are “connected” means more time alone on devices, the perception of connectivity and actually engaging others can be starkly different.
Do you check your phone during dinner? That's just crazy...
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ReplyDeleteBoomer here with millennial kids. They both are on their own but when we get together the phones go away. I didn't need to teach them that, they just realized it was rude. My girlfriend ( she's 12 years younger than me) on the other hand, well let's say she is learning fast about phones at the table.
ReplyDeleteI'm a boomer, and use my phone more than I'd like to admit. My daily time is right up there where they say, but the usage isn't. Probably 90 percent of the time I spend looking at the screen is internet, and the rest is texting. I also spend time listening to music on it daily, but I may be reading the screen in a chair, or not reading the screen while I walk or otherwise exercise.
ReplyDeleteI hate phones and I've hated them since I was a kid whose folks had a phone with ten families on the party line. If you wanted to use the phone you had to pick it up and listen and if someone else was talking you had to wait and do it all again and again. I've had a cell phone since '88 and that was a bag phone. Now I have a flip phone and it generally stays on the desk in my shop office and the only time it comes to the house is when my wife is gone and if it gets turned on twice a month it has hit the big time. I see so many people who can't even talk to someone else because they're so addicted to their smart phone and have a picture of every damn thing that moves and want to show me every damn picture they've got on their phone. Get a life.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, Boomers are far more likely to be retired than Millenials. I carry on running text conversations with about 4 people daily. For at least one, my daily "good morning" is probably the only kind thing she hears all day.
ReplyDeleteThe advantage is a bit like email, you don't need an immediate response. My niece tells me all about her pregnancy that I'm sure she wouldn't with voice calls. Another adopted niece tells me all about her dating life and daily struggles, the rest of her family has passed and she has no one else to talk to. She tells me things in text messages that she would never say out loud. My son keeps me up to date on his family and we plan weekly activities. He's able to text when he has a few minutes free at work. I read them when I have a few minutes free.
I think my phone is plugged to the charger in the car. It has been there since noon yesterday. I am at the tail end of the Boomers.
ReplyDeleteBoomer, shitcanned my phone in 2003 when I retired, not by choice. Don't text not gonna buy another. If someone wants to talk they can call or I'll call them.
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