webfact Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Child drownings in Germany linked to parents' phone ‘fixation’ The Guardian Kate Connolly in Berlin Lifeguards warn parents to put phones away, after more than 300 people drowned this year German lifeguards have issued a warning that a growing number of child drownings this summer are linked to their parents’ obsession with mobile phones. More than 300 people have drowned in Germany this year, with hardly a day passing during the current heatwave when a swimmer has not died. The German Lifeguard Association (DLRG) – the biggest organisation of its kind in the world, providing 40,000 volunteer lifeguards at German beaches, lakes and the coast – has made a direct connection between children getting into difficulty in the water and parents being too busy on their mobile phones to notice. Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/15/parents-fixated-by-phones-linked-to-child-drownings-in-germany -- The Guardian 2018-2018-08-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorG Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 I must be really old because I really cannot understand this obsession with constantly having your face in your phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecha Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 3 hours ago, DoctorG said: I must be really old because I really cannot understand this obsession with constantly having your face in your phone. then u old or not go anywhere all people ar in phones last week at airport a coffie over me she said nothing face in her phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Take a break from the phone, there should be a warning popping up on your screen , or automatic shutdown. Maybe the humans will learn from their mistakes 50 years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 3 hours ago, DoctorG said: I must be really old because I really cannot understand this obsession with constantly having your face in your phone. Welcome to the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Just the other day in China, 2 kids were washed away at the beach while the mother was chatting on the phone. She didn't even know until they found them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300sd Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 They need a "smarten up alarm" on the things, but many/most would be too stupid to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsiaHand Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, mikecha said: then u old or not go anywhere all people ar in phones last week at airport a coffie over me she said nothing face in her phone I think what Docto rG was referring to is the stupidity of letting ones phone take over their life. 3 hours ago, DoctorG said: I must be really old because I really cannot understand this obsession with constantly having your face in your phone. Doctor G ,Remember that the theory is "The lower the IQ in a brain ,The easier it is to hypnotize". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieqw Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 perhaps as was said in JAWS " we gonna need a bigger boat organisation " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerJoe Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 22 hours ago, DoctorG said: I must be really old because I really cannot understand this obsession with constantly having your face in your phone. Same here. I still use a flip phone. Never needed a phone to show me how to get across the street or wipe my a**. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 4 hours ago, FarmerJoe said: Same here. I still use a flip phone. Never needed a phone to show me how to get across the street or wipe my a**. It's the communication of the younger generation . You now need to tell your friends you're having a lunch , you're walking to the market , and you need to take a picture of it and send it asap , or you need to video it live on facebook- Look at me , I am here , where are you ? And then you're friend swill do the same . Even some guys over 50 do this , would you believe it. I think they are called the Me Me Me Me generation . Look at me me me me me !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attrayant Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Don't blame the technology. Flash back to 1960, when children were drowning at the beach because parents had their noses buried in a newspaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaoboi Bebobp Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Imagine the reaction of your spouse when you tell him/her that your kids died by drowning while you were playing a game on the phone. Then your friends and neighbours find out. Devastated would hardly cover the aftermath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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