Check out this segment from an article in Time magazine about parents and cell phones:
Is being a parent boring? Sometimes. Lots of times. And guess what? Those boring moments are what you will miss the most, once your children are grown. Car pool is when you should be hanging on every word. Walks are when the world unfolds at a child’s feet, in the safety of your company. The parent is the genius who gives names to things, and encourages a child’s attention to detail on the path. The tiny accretion of daily routines is dull, and divine. Of course there’s always plenty of time for a phone call, or ten of them. Children are always slowly walking, slowly eating, slowly looking, slowly reading, slowly going nowhere, until suddenly, they’re gone.
I am always berating myself at the end of the day for all the moments I miss. I am trying to clean the house, or cook dinner, or go to the bathroom alone. I never considered the phone a missed opportunity as well until I got this IPhone. I can check my email, look at news, you name it. This paragraph ripped at my heart. So, yet again, I will try to ignore the chaos around me and enjoy the gifts in front of me!