Joey Odom asks us to consider the message we are sending our children as they fight against our phones for attention. Have children already been conditioned to feel like they're the distraction and phones are the priority?
Joey Odom's parenting experience taught him that when we put down our smartphones and make eye contact with the person in front of us, we are communicating that they are important to us. We have the ability to define our relationships with our phones before they redefine our relationships with friends and family—for the worse.