Should Every Child Have a Right to a Phone-Free Childhood?
Two years ago, a psychology professor published a book arguing that smartphones had quietly stolen something essential from an entire generation of children. Today, thirty-five American states restrict phones in schools, an entire nation has banned social media for anyone under sixteen, and grassroots parent…
It sounds harmless enough to print on a mug. Be yourself. Follow your heart. You are perfect just the way you are. American parents have repeated some version of this phrase to their children for two generations now, and the research on what it actually produced is no longer ambiguous. It did not produce more…
