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The main reason that I waited a long time to get a cell phone is because I really dislike that, as these technologies grow, people expect you to be immediately available to them all the time. I find this incredibly annoying. Will the younger generations be able to wait for anything ever? I often tell my daughter that it will not harm anything if she waits 10 minutes to answer a text. I've had to ban texting at the dinner table, while shopping with me.. all kinds of situations. I don't know how to get the point across that IT IS OK TO NOT BE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS ALL THE TIME. This includes while interacting with people at work, while in class, while eating a meal with people, etc. I do try to make myself immediately available to my children because of the chance that it could be an emergency, but anybody else? They wait until I'm ready and available to answer.
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