How about you don't give a 13 year old a cell phone? Why don't you go buy her some ****, condoms and beer next?

Why is everyone assuming the daughter's a brat just because she doesn't care that she was told about something from her youth? Think back to when YOU were a teen. Did you always be overjoyed by the things your parents find "stimulating"? Though I agree about the phone. Maybe should've waited til she was a little older. But OP just be happy you have children

YDI. You were ok with her being on the cell duing the meal

I didn't have a cell phone till I was 14

To be honest I don't see why you would even bother informing your 13 year old daughter of such a thing. The chances of her finding it remotely interesting or emotional in the way you do are slim to none. talking about something like that out loud in public, in the middle of a restaurant full of people was probably embarrassing for her if anything. Pretending to be hugely immersed in the contents of her phone was very likely her way of dealing with that embarrassment . Take the hint, and keep such things for when you're at home. Of all the things in the world you could talk about in public with a 13 year old girl ,you really could have done far better than gulping back tears while reminiscing about something she probably doesn't even recall doing. She's 13 she has far more interesting things ( in her opinion ) to be doing and thinking about.

Beat her! Beat her!

In my opinion, she should have at least acknowledged you in a nicer way. It wouldn't have killed her to put the phone down for a minute & replied "I love you" or something. I didn't really know my Mum growing up. Some people just don't realise how lucky they are for what they have.

People might think that's bad, and I would certainly have words with my kids about being on the phone at a restaurant, but children do not exist to validate their parents. There will be hundreds of times when your child hurts your feelings or behaves in an inconsiderate way - that's kids. There are times when we've all been a bit dismissive of our parents' feelings. It takes time to realise how much that hurts - usually when you become a parent yourself.

My mother would have smacked me if i did that (texting at the table). Maybe next time you should take her phone away, not only because she wasn't listening, but it's just incredibly rude to even have a phone at the table. Hopefully, you give her a chat about what she just did. My gen, a lot of parents would killed us lol

YDI for getting your 13 yr old a cell phone