PETER SAGAL, HOST:
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Right now, panel, time for you to answer some questions about this week's news. Maz, according to a study by the Wall Street Journal, a rise in the number of minor injuries to children might be caused by what?
MAZ JOBRANI: It's not computer related.
SAGAL: It is, actually.
JOBRANI: Oh, the parents are not paying attention.
SAGAL: Because they are?
JOBRANI: They're driving while being on the phone. Texting while...
SAGAL: They're texting while parenting.
JOBRANI: Yeah.
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SAGAL: This is a problem now.
PAULA POUNDSTONE: Does no one see it? Do you not see it right in front of your eyes? I don't understand this stupid thing with the phones and the iPad and all that stuff. I don't get it.
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POUNDSTONE: It's right in front of us and we don't see it. You know what I mean? I mean, we live right near a park, and I watch people all day long, go by the park, doing this here, or talking on their phone. You know, while the kid is like hanging out of the carriage.
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AMY DICKINSON: My mother, anyway, never paid any attention to me and she didn't even have an excuse.
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SAGAL: Yeah.
DICKINSON: It was like...
JOBRANI: Well if you get the kids an iPhone, you could text each other at least.
SAGAL: That's true.
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SAGAL: It's like, "Mommy, I fell down a well." Be right with you.
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SAGAL: I mean parents who are too busy with their phones you're not missing much. It's like, "Yeah, I saw my baby's third step. You know, it looked pretty much like the first."
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POUNDSTONE: And then the other thing is they have to take pictures of it and put it up. I don't like that either. I'm sick of seeing the happy people's children on the Facebook. I'm just sick of it.
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SAGAL: It shouldn't be surprising though, a lot of the parents who were texting while parenting were texting while conceiving as well, so...
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