Originally Posted by Charlatan

The reason either my son or I are on our laptops is, generally speaking, because we have one television. If I am watching something, I tend to watch it 100% and browse the Internet during the commercials (assuming it's live otherwise I am fast forwarding over the commercials). It might be something I am interested in but not my son. So he's on his laptop only half paying attention.

The opposite is often true as well.

I'd rather this scenario than having either of us disappear into another room and not spend time together.