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Guys, put your phone on airplane mode when you're with your kids!

 Hi parents,

I started doing this about a month ago and its really changed everything for me. When your kids are home, put your damn phone on flight mode! Or switch it off. Then go and put your phone somewhere out of sight. We are all missing so much of our kids lives by connecting with people far away from us, instead of the people literally right in front of us.


I have let my family and closest friends know that every single day from 2pm until 8am the next day, I am unavailable. If there's a genuine emergency they can get a hold of me via my fiancés phone. Over weekends it's the same vibe although I check it at night once the kids are in bed.


There is nothing more important going on, on social media. I promise you! People are literally paid to make our phones and all these apps addictive. Break that habit, at least while you're with your kids because believe me they can sense that you're attention is elsewhere too and we're teaching them to become addicted to their devices too.


I know the irony of posting this on social media, but guess what, I'm posting it at 10am while my kids are at school.


Give it a try guys đź’—


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