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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh--this is up my alley! Thanks for the rec.

My spouse and I (Gen Xers) with 16 and 18 year old boys lament the iphone/SM every day. We try to instill limits and the kids have to plug in phones/laptops in kitchen at night.  But--MAN--the draw to that phone and SM and gaming is intense.  We do detoxes :) and go e-free every once in awhile.  My default when bored is aimlessly scrolling on my iphone too--I need to stop.  I do agree the days I barely look at my phone I am so much happier.
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I am really sad my kids never experienced the freedom we had most of our lives never being tied to a phone.  Just living unattached and nobody knowing where you were or expecting a text back, etc.[/b][/quote]

+1 we gave it to the kids in limited doses -- unplugged sleepaway camps, a family trip to a place without wifi/cell service most summers - but it's really hard to resist the pull. Fortunately, DD (now 19) on her own chose to avoid social media and is better off for it. But in the last couple years IMO she's fallen into the youtube rabbit hole.[/quote]

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