Comments on: Five Days Without My Smart Phone https://childpsychmom.com/five-days-without-my-smart-phone/ Practical Parenting Solutions by Dr. Polly Dunn Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Focused Moms Challenge Week One: Look Left, Right, Left https://childpsychmom.com/five-days-without-my-smart-phone/#comment-400 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:46:47 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=939#comment-400 [...] smart phone is my biggest distraction.  I used to have my email and Facebook accounts as short-cuts on my [...]

]]> By: Get Ready To Get Focused https://childpsychmom.com/five-days-without-my-smart-phone/#comment-394 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:23:01 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=939#comment-394 [...] the one thing that distracts you the most when you’re parenting?  For me, it’s my smart phone.  No doubt.  The laptop is a close second.  What about you?  It could be your dvr, your ipad, [...]

]]> By: Polly https://childpsychmom.com/five-days-without-my-smart-phone/#comment-352 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:15:18 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=939#comment-352 Great comments! It’s so important for all of us to be mindful of our use of technology. Five days without my smart phone really made me aware of how much I relied on it (and really didn’t need to be!). Now, I’m back to using it in moderation! LOL!

]]> By: Sandra https://childpsychmom.com/five-days-without-my-smart-phone/#comment-349 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:38:19 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=939#comment-349 Good for you! I’m halfway addicted to mine too. Working on i.

]]> By: Rachael https://childpsychmom.com/five-days-without-my-smart-phone/#comment-348 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:15:26 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=939#comment-348 I don’t have a smartphone yet but I will be getting one soon. I know I will have to watch myself with it. Such a temptation to be constantly connected and to “just check real quick.”

]]> By: Sonya https://childpsychmom.com/five-days-without-my-smart-phone/#comment-347 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:17:53 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=939#comment-347 I love this post and I wish more people would try to lose their smart phone for 5 days. I think that your comment on item 8 is right on – I find that if I need to check my mail on my phone, it takes soo much longer. I try to only check it if I am waiting for a particular alert or email. Then It goes much faster to read through everything on my laptop or iPad.

]]> By: Eileen Ludwig https://childpsychmom.com/five-days-without-my-smart-phone/#comment-346 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:21:13 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=939#comment-346 Hello Polly
Visiting from SITS – great you are cutting back
I used to wear a beeper and have to be in touch all the time. I have enjoyed the freedom of not being hooked up EXCEPT when at a conference and everyone is twittering and winning prizes.

The every day stuff seems more enjoyable when I get up and out and away from the computer. I tweet from a computer and not a phone.

Eileen
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]]> By: Alie https://childpsychmom.com/five-days-without-my-smart-phone/#comment-345 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:03:52 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=939#comment-345 Wow, that is awesome! I agree, about how our phones can become very consuming. Good for you!

Thanks for your comment too! 31DBBB

]]> By: Sarah https://childpsychmom.com/five-days-without-my-smart-phone/#comment-343 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:17:02 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=939#comment-343 Found you after you posted on SITS.
Love this post. I need to “lose” my own phone for a few days. Since my daughter keeps playing with it, it shouldn’t be hard!

]]> By: Betsy (Eco-novice) https://childpsychmom.com/five-days-without-my-smart-phone/#comment-342 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:55:21 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=939#comment-342 You make me feel very good about having a GoPhone, although I check my email too much still. It is amazing to me to see parents at the park with their kids tapping away on their phones.

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