It's the typical movie scene we've all seen at least 20 times: The teenage daughter is sitting at the kitchen table on the phone. The mom asks for the millionth time to get off of her phone, exaggerating that she is always on it. Most likely in between this exchange, the dad exasperates his concern that she's texting a boy! She puts her phone away and rolls her eyes, flipping her hair in the typical angsty-teenager way.

(Besides the point I'm about to make, can we all agree that movies need to stop creating these over-done, cheesy scenes? It's getting old.)

We get it. This generation spends too much time on their phones. However, I have something to say to you parents who are constantly harping on their kids about this:

You get off of your

Yep, I said it: A majority of parents spends far too much time on their phone and it's resulting in some seriously negative consequences.

A study showed that this generation of children is the loneliest generation of kids in history. Is it because their parents are working all day and night? You'd think so, right? It's actually because parents are spending more time scrolling through Instagram and tweeting on Twitter than spending uninterrupted, quality time with their children.

How sad is that? Parents are actually choosing Pinterest and Facebook over Legos and board games with their children. When I learned this information, I decided to take matters into my own hands to test the reputability of this study. I analyzed customers that would walk into my place of work with their children. To my surprise, a majority of the time when the kid would start screaming or crying or whining, the parents would either continue staring at their phones or simply hand the kid their phones to shut them up.

I know, I'm not a parent. Who am I to be judging parenting styles? Besides, kids are tough. I babysat for quite a while and honestly cannot fathom having a screaming kid around the house without wanting to just stick them in front of an iPad and have at it. I'm just saying that you ought to think twice before calling the kettle black.

Kids adapt to parents' behaviors, especially social behaviors. I was talking to my boss about this strange phenomenon, and she added that when at back-to-school night or in line for a field trip with other parents, more often than not, parents will stand in line on their phone rather than interacting with other parents or helping their kids socialize with others.

This generation of kids are easily becoming the most antisocial generation to exist, and technology is not the only source to blame for this. Teach your kids how to interact with others by interacting with your kids. Teach your kids how to create and play by getting off of your phones and spending that precious time with your kids. Teach your kids to be confident and meet others, and not to stand behind their screens afraid of real-life confrontation.

Parents, get off of your phones.