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Cell phones are intruding on family life, a new study says. Research published in December issue of the Journal
of Marriage and Family finds that both men and women have higher levels of stress and "decreased family
satisfaction" because their cell phones and pagers tie them to their jobs more than ever before. (E-mail was not
included in the study.) Work not only intrudes on home life through cell phones, but for women the reverse is also
true. The study found that women also have problems when home life intrudes while they're at work, and with cell phones
they find themselves "on call" at any point in the day.
"The question is, are these technologies helping us or hurting us in our daily life," said the study's lead author.
"The results of this study indicate that technology may not be so great."
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12-18-2005 @ 6:55PM
meg said...Phoney Baloney. (pun intended) Work interferes with family life only if you allow it. If you're the time of person who is not strong enough to turn your phone down, quit yer bitchin about cell phones intruding on family life and figure out a way to grow a backbone. Don't blame the technology, blame yourself.
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12-18-2005 @ 6:55PM
Emanuel Molho said...A new study has found no link between use of cell phones and the risk of developing a brain tumor. The study is published in the April 12 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Re the above article, not to worry. Cell phone (ab)users do not have brains. They are unconscious, disrespectful, discourteous and obnoxious. Public transportation and areas; doctors' offices; theaters; restaurants; checkout lines; in their own dream world walking in the street; and causing accidents when they "drive." Name the place; they are there. Unable to bear silence or be with themselves for a moment. Totally oblivious to---and inconsiderate of---their neighbors.
And, now Disney is developing cell phones for kids. Great: just what is needed. Clones of the abusers.
Heaven help us when cell phones become as ubiquitous in airplanes as they are in those places where we are all held captive. These (ab)users ought to be relegated to---and locked in---their own soundproof area, obliged to listen to one another's inanities. For the entire flight.
I, and hopefully those who share these feelings, will give our business to the airlines that have the sense to ban them.
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12-18-2005 @ 6:55PM
Ann Adams said...Before the cell phone, I worried every time I left the house while the kids were at school. I had to be reachable. I didn't leave the house much.
Now I can. The phone didn't tie me down - it gave me freedom. The phone stays in my pocket or on the car seat beside me unless it rings. If it rings and I can safely pull over to answer, I do. If I must answer it while driving, I keep the conversation brief.
I can become as livid as anyone about bad manners but I don't blame the cellphone. I blame the people whose inconsideration of others probably reaches far beyond the cellphone.
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