What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones

By Lenore Skenazy, Zach Rausch, & Jon Haidt, After Babel (from August 11, 2025)

One common explanation for why children spend so much of their free time on screens goes like this: Smartphones and social-media platforms are addicting them. Kids stare at their devices and socialize online instead of in person because that’s what tech has trained them to want.

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