Think about it–there’s nothing more rude (or unenjoyable) than going out to dinner with a bunch of people who sit there throughout the meal tapping away on their blackberries or who take calls in the middle of conversations.

When I am hanging out with someone, I believe in focusing on *that* person. If I want to be with the friend I’m speaking with on the phone, then I should just go hang out with them! To teach children that rude cell phone behavior is the norm, and to get them started doing it at a young age–we will soon turn into a society that never has a face to face conversation, preferring texting over talk, cell phones over real life interaction.

Cell phone use in adults also promotes working during family time…(I’m basing this purely on observation.) Teaching children that family is not as important as the person on the other end of that line.

Cell phones have their place, certainly. But anyone under 14 really should be able to survive without one.

Yes, you hit a nerve here.