I think "phone" can also be substituted for "laptop", "TV", "game console" or any other device that we may find ourselves spending an unhealthy amount of time concentrating on. I know in the past I have been guilty of ignoring DD in favour of online chatting and other activities on my laptop and had to really restrict myself to just after she'd gone to bed. It was hard coming to the realisation that the message I'd been giving her was that the laptop was more interesting and important to me than she was.

We'd gotten slack lately with our usual rule of dinner time on weekends being family time, where we eat at the table and talk to each other. Time to get back in the habit I think!