Thanks for sharing deeper into what the experience of taboo is for you. I think i know what you are saying.
Most of my friends are not on screens. I know the look, the clueless parental look of excitement with technology. At my daughter’s tech heavy school, I’m pretty isolated because I see the habits- ignoring people at pickup- standing in tbe middle of the street checking messages… Normally i stay clear of people with rude social behavior- so the cell phone thing is a clue that the parent has no awareness of screentime and the social isolation created by it- the people around them etc…
One way i deal with thus is not talk about it with people- but drop a comment like- “look out your in the middle of the hallway just standing there on your phone- its kind of well… weird” I only do this when it is totally odd looking- when the person is holding up traffic or blocking a doorway- or when yiu know the person is totally lost just standing there. I always do this in good humor too- and not everyday.
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