The other day I called up a talk back radio station to add my 5 cents to a discussion on mobile phone etiquette. I mentioned the poor modelling that I feel we do as adults for the youth in our society. Just after that a parent called in to say what a wake up call it was to have her three year old say to her "no more phone mummy". A wake up call indeed - I know I have spoken about this often … [Read more...]
Phubbing goes viral but naming and shaming?
You cannot avoid all the fuss about "Phubbing" lately. Phubbing is a term coined by 23-year-old Melbourne University student Alex Haigh, to describe the action of "snubbing" people in real life by using your mobile phone in front of them, rather than engaging with them. What a great word he has coined, it even sounds fun to say. A viral campaign is madly spreading showing just how annoying … [Read more...]