THE MORNING CALL
November 24, 2010|By Kathy Lauer-Williams
According to a recent poll of over 900 teenagers, 64 percent say they’ve texted at the dinner table. Experts have said that families who eat dinner together have better communication and stronger connections – but not if no one’s talking to each other.
Now a pair of New York ad executives are asking families to “give thanks not thx” on Turkey Day and just turn off the cell phones.
Mark DiMassimo and Eric Yaverbaum even will send free turkeys to select people who sign the pledge to go offline on Thanksgiving at Offlining a website they created to encourage people to take a break from electronics and reconnect with the family. For more click here.
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