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Oct 30th, 2020 6:24 am — "Mary" writes: Would you mind expanding a bit on your c[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 6:44 am — "Amy Powell" writes: In the past, I brought both my tablet an[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 6:49 am — "Linda Jean" writes: Keep your cellphones in your bedroom! Th[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 6:51 am — "Patty" writes: Hi Andrea, I agree with your reasons for[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 7:03 am — "Sher" writes: Are you promoting Jon Hoadley ? A politi[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 7:26 am — "Jen O" writes: I live alone most of the time (kids are [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 7:34 am — "Heather Ratliff" writes: My husband and I keep our cell phones in[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 7:45 am — "Kim" writes: All of your reasons for keeping your pho[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 7:48 am — "Bonnie Cummings" writes: I keep my cell phone in my bedroom at ni[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:02 am — "Amy Owen" writes: My husband and I both keep them in the b[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:02 am — "Linda" writes: I used to keep my phone in the bedroom b[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:03 am — "Andrea" writes: haha — I have no idea who Jon Hoadley [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:03 am — "Linda" writes: I have teenagers. We keep all electronic[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:04 am — "Andrea" writes: We have (thankfully) only gotten 1 emerg[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:15 am — "Ann" writes: 1st: I don’t think other people would [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:39 am — "Debra" writes: It sounds like you have everything worki[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:46 am — "JoAnn C." writes: I keep my cell phone in the bedroom for [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:48 am — "Annette Silveira" writes: I think your reasons for having the phon[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:53 am — "Marlene" writes: Well put! I agree that Andrea and Dave a[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 9:00 am — "Nicky" writes: If I had an intruder in my home I wouldn[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 9:05 am — "Irina" writes: I’m the same way when it comes to cell[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 9:15 am — "Nancy Jihnson" writes: I keep my cell phone by the bed so I cou[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 9:27 am — "Donna Braam" writes: Hi Andrea! We are still old school. We h[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 9:30 am — "Joy" writes: We have made a mindful effort and are in[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 9:36 am — "Amy" writes: We have phones in our bedroom. The main [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 9:43 am — "Cheryl" writes: We keep our cell phones in our bedroom a[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 9:58 am — "Madalena" writes: I don’t keep my phone in my bedroom at[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 10:04 am — "Beth Beaudoin" writes: I do not keep my phone in our room, but [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 10:08 am — "Ale" writes: I see the advice to keep screens out of [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 10:08 am — "Diana" writes: In the spirit of Digital Minimalism, you[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 10:09 am — "Joy" writes: Do you have a set downtime time for the [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 10:12 am — "Lindsey" writes: Great post! I think there are two sides [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 11:12 am — "Cheryl Wetherington" writes: Good morning Andrea, We keep our phones [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 11:16 am — "Jean" writes: I like my cell phone in the bedroom, but[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 11:23 am — "Julia Irvin" writes: I like to keep my phone plugged in in ou[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 11:25 am — "Chris" writes: I keep my phone in my bedroom and I spen[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 11:29 am — "Jutta" writes: What is the proper distance?
Oct 30th, 2020 11:31 am — "Lana" writes: We keep our phones in our bedroom for th[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 11:44 am — "Holly S" writes: I do keep my cell phone in my room, next[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 11:47 am — "Anne" writes: We do a combination. My husband leaves h[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:05 pm — "Tara" writes: Yes we keep our phones in the bedroom fo[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:31 pm — "Debbie" writes: Andrea, you make some valid points on wh[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:33 pm — "Andrea" writes: Yes — from what I gathered, they only [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:35 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Amy — glad you enjoy the Friday[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:37 pm — "Andrea" writes: yeah… I think the “safety one” is [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:38 pm — "Andrea" writes: good for you — sticking to your gut in[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:39 pm — "Andrea" writes: Yes, we are not having any trouble sleep[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:39 pm — "Andrea" writes: Great minds think alike, Bonnie :) Thank[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:39 pm — "Andrea" writes: haha — I almost write that EXACT phras[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:40 pm — "Andrea" writes: I love that you realized the source of y[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:41 pm — "Andrea" writes: wow — neighbor to the rescue. Glad you[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:54 pm — "Christina" writes: I used to keep it in the kitchen by my p[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:54 pm — "Janine" writes: I’ve heard that it’s bad for phones [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 12:58 pm — "Janine" writes: I’ve read 9 ft.
Oct 30th, 2020 1:01 pm — "Heather Ratliff" writes: Yes, we got a traditional landline so we[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 1:31 pm — "Jude Ledebuhr" writes: My husband charges his phone at night in[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 1:32 pm — "Katie" writes: Cell phones are in the bedroom because I[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 2:46 pm — "Karlyn" writes: I think all the “reasons” I’ve rea[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 2:51 pm — "Dawn Kaestner" writes: We have a landline because it gives me p[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 2:54 pm — "Abbie" writes: I have trouble sleeping. My mind races b[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:16 pm — "Andrea" writes: that’s interesting — I’ve heard a [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:17 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Dawn — what landline do you hav[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:18 pm — "Andrea" writes: OK thanks! We’ll probably get some sor[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:20 pm — "Andrea" writes: Yes, I used a similar app to track my ph[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:23 pm — "Andrea" writes: “But the primary reason why we would n[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:24 pm — "Andrea" writes: Yes, I absolutely HATE the loud ringing [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:26 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Anne, I agree, there is no “one[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:27 pm — "Andrea" writes: Yes, we don’t have the issues of looki[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:29 pm — "Andrea" writes: thanks for this tip — that’s one thi[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:30 pm — "Andrea" writes: “It doesn’t align with simple living[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:30 pm — "Andrea" writes: oh wow, that’s cool. So they’d need [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:33 pm — "Tara" writes: Is this a setting on your phone? Someone[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:35 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks for this thoughtful reply. I trul[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:36 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Ale — great advice about the ai[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:37 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Beth — at this point, I don’t[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:37 pm — "Andrea" writes: This is me too — we don’t look at th[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:38 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Donna (good to hear from you agai[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:39 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Joy — yes, I’ve read a lot of[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:40 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks, I’ve used the DO Not Disturb f[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:41 pm — "Andrea" writes: Nope, no scrolling in the middle of the [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:42 pm — "Andrea" writes: yes, kids are always watching! I’m mor[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:42 pm — "Andrea" writes: Oh wow — accessing the thermostat from[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:43 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks for sharing Nancy, I love hearing[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 4:52 pm — "Diana" writes: My guess is because most people have and[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 5:04 pm — "Hilda" writes: I do that too and always thought the blu[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 5:11 pm — "Dawn Kaestner" writes: We had Comcast for internet and the land[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 5:18 pm — "Debbie" writes: We’ve never had a landline as well. Ou[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 5:23 pm — "Linda" writes: Ours is 9:00. It could be a little earli[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 6:04 pm — "Bonnie" writes: For years both my husband and I had jobs[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 6:39 pm — "Sarah" writes: We keep our cell phones on our night sta[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 6:40 pm — "Pascale Forest" writes: Hi Andrea, My husband and I both have ou[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 6:44 pm — "Pascale Forest" writes: Abbie, I go in my settings and choose th[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 7:31 pm — "Danielle" writes: We leave our phones charging downstairs [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 7:42 pm — "Margaret" writes: I have my phone plugged into the charger[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:27 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks for the encouragement — I agree[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:27 pm — "Andrea" writes: Ok thanks — I’ll look into this!
Oct 30th, 2020 8:29 pm — "Andrea" writes: interesting — what is this “disc” [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:30 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Margaret — yes, so many things [...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:36 pm — "Pascale Forest" writes: Andrea, To answer your questions, here i[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:41 pm — "Jean" writes: On the iPhone, it is a setting called Do[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 8:42 pm — "Jean" writes: Yes, I have an iPhone — the setting is[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 9:03 pm — "Kim" writes: I keep mine right by my bed for the exac[...]
Oct 30th, 2020 11:39 pm — "Lauri Everlove" writes: We keep our cell phones in our bedroom a[...]
Oct 31st, 2020 9:07 am — "Katie" writes: We do not keep our cell phones in our be[...]
Oct 31st, 2020 9:15 am — "JoDi" writes: Ditto everything in your comment! I star[...]
Oct 31st, 2020 9:46 am — "JoDi" writes: My cell phone is kept in our bedroom, bu[...]
Oct 31st, 2020 12:08 pm — "Mary" writes: We don’t have a landline either. I hav[...]
Oct 31st, 2020 4:19 pm — "Amanda" writes: I keep my cell phone (alarm, no landline[...]
Nov 1st, 2020 2:45 am — "sun" writes: This is a topic that is very important t[...]
Nov 1st, 2020 10:17 am — "Michelle" writes: Unless you are able to see electronics a[...]
Nov 1st, 2020 10:25 am — "Michelle" writes: Screens also do affect children’s abil[...]
Nov 1st, 2020 8:01 pm — "Andrea" writes: thanks for sharing Kim — good to know [...]
Nov 1st, 2020 8:01 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks for sharing — I’ll need to lo[...]
Nov 1st, 2020 9:33 pm — "Sarah" writes: It’s so funny to read this today becau[...]
Nov 1st, 2020 10:10 pm — "JoDi" writes: It’s very simple to explain to a child[...]
Nov 1st, 2020 11:38 pm — "Pascale" writes: My pleasure, Andrea.
Nov 2nd, 2020 12:47 am — "Natalia" writes: I tried both and I like both. I did not [...]
Nov 2nd, 2020 11:30 am — "Andrea" writes: Great advice JoDi! Thanks for this!
Nov 2nd, 2020 11:31 am — "Andrea" writes: Glad you watched both documentaries — [...]
Nov 2nd, 2020 12:40 pm — "Roxie" writes: I keep my cellphone in my bedroom. Still[...]
Nov 2nd, 2020 2:17 pm — "Kim" writes: Yes, my husband and I keep our cell phon[...]
Nov 2nd, 2020 2:47 pm — "Candace Herrod" writes: I totally keep my cell phone on my bedsi[...]
Nov 2nd, 2020 2:52 pm — "Brittany" writes: Yes, both my husband and I keep our phon[...]
Nov 3rd, 2020 10:38 am — "Janet" writes: Yes! A phone belongs in the bedroom in c[...]
Nov 3rd, 2020 12:38 pm — "Connie" writes: This is a late comment, but making it an[...]
Nov 3rd, 2020 4:25 pm — "Andrea" writes: not really “late” — I just posed t[...]
Nov 5th, 2020 11:52 am — "Linda" writes: If keeping your phones in your bedroom w[...]
Nov 6th, 2020 10:22 pm — "AEW" writes: Personally I keep my phone in the kitche[...]
Nov 24th, 2020 11:43 am — "Jill Peterson" writes: I, personally, keep my phone in my bedro[...]
Dec 9th, 2020 7:23 pm — "Liane" writes: I have all the same reasons you’ve lis[...]
Aug 8th, 2021 6:23 pm — "Jean" writes: Yes but I have turned off all notifications
Feb 9th, 2022 11:55 pm — "Melissa F" writes: I have had my iphone in our room for a l[...]
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