Digital weaning in restaurants The head of the Mothers' Council, Tatiana Botskaya, suggested opening areas in restaurants without phones and tablets. The assumption is that this will create conditions for uninterrupted communication with children. Families are encouraged to provide board games and coloring books as an alternative to electronic devices. By an amazing coincidence, the day before such an experiment was launched with the abandonment of screens in Italian Sardinia. The "Guardian" recently wrote about the trend towards such digital weaning in the West. As the publication notes, even ten years ago, establishments deliberately neglected such restrictions - photos of dishes that guests post on social networks, for example, were perceived by restaurants as free advertising. Now the attitude has changed. Thus, in one of the bars in London, the visitors sign the camera with a film at the entrance. Our restaurant business operates primarily through special promotions. The Gastrobar Rakuvia chain, for example, gives customers a 10 percent discount if they agree to deposit their devices in a special safe at the entrance. And in the Moscow Share restaurant, there are special capsules on the tables that block communication - the assumption is that guests, by placing their phones in them, cannot be distracted by notifications. If the format of detox zones spreads, customers will perceive it positively, says Sergei Mironov, the ombudsman of the restaurant market in Moscow, owner of the Meat & Fish brand. And managing partner of the Boston & Bar seafood restaurant chain, Kirill Martynenko, says his establishment decided to deal with guests' screen time in extreme ways - by limiting guests' access to WI-FI. This, he said, also helped in the fight against visitors who arrive with a laptop and occupy a table all day, for a modest amount of the final check. But such restrictions should not be accepted based on the nature of the ban, says consulting psychologist Katrina Damina. In her opinion, gadgets will not interfere with people who are determined to communicate.

Digital weaning in restaurants The head of the Mothers' Council, Tatiana Botskaya, suggested opening areas in restaurants without phones and tablets. The assumption is that this will create conditions for uninterrupted communication with children. Families are encouraged to provide board games and coloring books as an alternative to electronic devices. By an amazing coincidence, the day before such an experiment was launched with the abandonment of screens in Italian Sardinia. The "Guardian" recently wrote about the trend towards such digital weaning in the West. As the publication notes, even ten years ago, establishments deliberately neglected such restrictions - photos of dishes that guests post on social networks, for example, were perceived by restaurants as free advertising. Now the attitude has changed. Thus, in one of the bars in London, the visitors sign the camera with a film at the entrance. Our restaurant business operates primarily through special promotions. The Gastrobar Rakuvia chain, for example, gives customers a 10 percent discount if they agree to deposit their devices in a special safe at the entrance. And in the Moscow Share restaurant, there are special capsules on the tables that block communication - the assumption is that guests, by placing their phones in them, cannot be distracted by notifications. If the format of detox zones spreads, customers will perceive it positively, says Sergei Mironov, the ombudsman of the restaurant market in Moscow, owner of the Meat & Fish brand. And managing partner of the Boston & Bar seafood restaurant chain, Kirill Martynenko, says his establishment decided to deal with guests' screen time in extreme ways - by limiting guests' access to WI-FI. This, he said, also helped in the fight against visitors who arrive with a laptop and occupy a table all day, for a modest amount of the final check. But such restrictions should not be accepted based on the nature of the ban, says consulting psychologist Katrina Damina. In her opinion, gadgets will not interfere with people who are determined to communicate.