When Caron Morse’s 9-year-old daughter requested for a smartphone final 12 months, her response, she informed me, was unambiguous: "A tough hell no." Morse is a mental-health supplier within the Portland, Maine, public-school system, and she or he was firmly in opposition to smartphones, having seen how social media and plentiful display screen time might shorten college students’ consideration spans and provides them new anxieties. However she wished her kids to have some independence-to have the ability to name mates, organize playdates, and attain out to their grandparents on their very own. She additionally wanted a break. "I used to be so sick," she mentioned, "of being the…
The Dumbest Cellphone Is Parenting Genius
