[dkhenry]

My wife and I also have three kids that share a simple flip phone, with no real access to social media, or the internet. A good number of their peer's do have unrestricted access to smart phone's, and as they have gotten older I think they have started to turn the corner seeing how destructive it is. My son lamented about his neighborhood friends never wanting to play because they are addicted to TikTok, and even thought there are still times he begs us for a smart phone so he can fit in, its starting to sink in that unregulated screen time is a huge problem.

We have also slowly increased his freedom to regulate his own screen time, both TV and Computer, and have seen him self-regulating, and commenting how easy it is to get sucked into being a screen zombie.