What's your policy on electronics during dinnertime?

According to a recent AP-iVillage poll, 50 percent of American families allow the phone to interrupt dinner meals (at least half the time) and 15 percent admitted to emailing and texting while passing the potatoes.

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Total of 89 votes - click on the "Display Comments" bar below to sort comments

95.5%
Ban them. They only distract the family during the meal.
85 votes
4.5%
Allow them. These days, both parents and kids are used to being connected.
4 votes
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Ban them. They only distract the family during the meal.

I am the kind of mother who will readily remind her crew that any kind of electronic distraction during dinner time is too rude to tolerate

    #1
     - Buffy-851618
     - 3:00 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
    Ban them. They only distract the family during the meal.

    Dinner at the table is the only quiet time my family has together. There is no tv or phones allowed until the meal is over.

      #2
       - jamib
       - 3:22 pm EST on Thu Nov 12, 2009
      Ban them. They only distract the family during the meal.

      I don´t tolerate Interruptions at dinner, if Dh waits a business phone call he will answer, if not... NOBODY ANSWERS

        #3
         - Kelly1309
         - 8:12 am EST on Fri Nov 13, 2009
        Ban them. They only distract the family during the meal.

        dimnner time is the one time we are all together sitting down

          #4
           - chely739
           - 9:49 am EST on Fri Nov 13, 2009

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          Comment author avatarjenninstlu

          We ban phones and texting but sometimes watch t.v. The less distractions, the better.

            Reply#1 - Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:49 AM EST
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