“There's times when you're having dinner with a good friend and you're in the middle of a conversation and somebody comes up and cuts you off. Can you sign this? Can I take a picture with you? I'm adjusting to all the attention.” AttentionCuttingMiddleConversationCome UpDinnerGood FriendAdjusting Author:Verne Troyer
“Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on cell phones when they were pushed on swings as toddlers. Now, their parents text at the dinner table and don't look up from their BlackBerry when they come for end-of-school day pickup.” LooksIdeasEndsSchoolRememberCultureParentAttentionGrewGrew UpTablesPhonesDinnerCellsTeenagerLook UpDistractionSwingsCell PhoneToddlerDinner TableBlackberriesPickupsSchool Days Author:Sherry Turkle
“When my children were very young and I was working I had someone cooking for me. I don't have a cook now, I haven't had one for a number of years and I do it myself. But when they were all little it was hard to pay attention to everyone's homework at the end of the day and make dinner.” YearsChildrenLittlesEndsHardYoungNumbersPayAttentionHavensCookingDinnerCooksPay AttentionMy ChildrenThe End Of The DayHomework Author:Meryl Streep
“I've written in every imaginable location; a repurposed closet, the kitchen table, the bleachers while my kids had basketball practice, the front seat of the car when they were at soccer. In airports. On trains. In the break room when I was supposed to be wolfing down dinner. In the back of classrooms when I was supposed to be paying attention.” KidsRoomsAttentionBreakPracticeWrittenCarFrontsBasketballTablesTrainDinnerSupposed To BeSoccerPay AttentionKitchenSeatsClassroomLocationClosetsAirportsKitchen TableBleachers Author:Laurie Halse Anderson