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Emma Waverman knows that she's a screen addict—but it's so hard to put that phone down.

a:1:{i:0;s:2308:"Fair warning. Before you even read this post on your phone or device, know that you may feel guilty if you have children close by. I feel guilty even writing it. Because I know that I am a screen addict and it hurts my kids. 
My kids aren’t alone. According to a new study, 54 percent of kids (between the ages of 8 and 13) say that parents check their screens too often. The study was done by AVG, an online security firm that polled over 6,000 people from all over the world. 
That’s not all – 32 percent of kids feel unimportant when parents check their phones. I found this statistic even more distressing, as it implies kids feel that we are choosing our phones over them. I guess sometimes we are.
Sure we can tell ourselves that it is work-related, or that we are planning play dates or that whatever we are looking at is really important. But did I really need to know what Kate Middleton wore? Did I really need to watch that Jimmy Fallon video right at that minute?
In the survey, more than half of parents said they check their phones too often. 
I’m willing to give myself some leeway; part of my job is staying connected and sometimes I really am reading an important email or doing research for a story. But I have to remind myself that my kids don’t know the difference. 
And now I’m seeing the tables turn–as my kids get older [how old are they?] I find myself fighting with them to put down their phones. Here I am, whining like a toddler so they’ll pay attention to me. I’m not alone–25 percent of parents in the survey wanted their kids to use their devices less. 
It’s a strange new world – parents and kids alike are trying to deal with the addictive pull of their devices. On the one had, they allow us to leave our offices and our desks and be–at least physically–present with our kids. But is being there, without being mentally available, really so great? What message are we sending our kids, if we are making them feel like what is on a screen is more important than them? 
Figuring out how to balance our connected lives and our family life is a work-in-progress at my house. Some days I think I am doing an OK job at it, but some days I know that I’m not. 
Maybe I should find out what my kids think–and be ready for their answers. 


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