[iamawacko]

The daughter was vaping. I'm not entirely clear, how did taking away a phone stop that?

And I know a large number of teens that are honor role, on sports teams, and gesticulate, all while having a phone and actively use social media.

I also know teens with depression, insomnia, and poor grades, even though they don't have a phone or social media.

That's not to say phones aren't harmful, but clearly it's not everything.

[tstrimple]

It's a convenient scapegoat though, and the "solutions" all require less actual parenting so I guess that can be appealing.

> "It's literally impossible for me to influence my child's behavior, so we must enact legislation to ensure no kids can use these evil devices!"

[iamawacko]

And I say this as a person who's phone says "Today: 0 minutes" and "Daily average screen time: 20 m" (almost all 2FA and maps)