School Year's Resolution 3: No iPhone at the Restaurant Table
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Dear Jenny, Any insight on how to enjoy a restaurant meal with a three year old that doesn't involve handing over the iPhone? The coloring book is kind of wearing off--and a few weeks ago my family went out for my bday dinner which kinda felt like a flush of $75 down the toilet because we spent most of the dinner telling her to stop standing up on the (red velvet) banquette and eavesdropping on nearby diners. I feel like if we were to hand over our phone, she would be so happily engaged, but then the seal would be broken, and she would ask for the phone all the time -- not just at restaurants but anytime anywhere -- and whine for it, and then it would just become that process of saying no all the time. So in a way, I'd rather stay in or have the lame dinner with her than initiate a daily (hourly?) nagging moment,
School Year's Resolution 3: No iPhone at the Restaurant Table
School Year's Resolution 3: No iPhone at the…
School Year's Resolution 3: No iPhone at the Restaurant Table
Dear Jenny, Any insight on how to enjoy a restaurant meal with a three year old that doesn't involve handing over the iPhone? The coloring book is kind of wearing off--and a few weeks ago my family went out for my bday dinner which kinda felt like a flush of $75 down the toilet because we spent most of the dinner telling her to stop standing up on the (red velvet) banquette and eavesdropping on nearby diners. I feel like if we were to hand over our phone, she would be so happily engaged, but then the seal would be broken, and she would ask for the phone all the time -- not just at restaurants but anytime anywhere -- and whine for it, and then it would just become that process of saying no all the time. So in a way, I'd rather stay in or have the lame dinner with her than initiate a daily (hourly?) nagging moment,