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Parental Guidance

The iPhone Abstinence Movement Has Failed. Is There a Better Way to Keep Kids Off Smartphones?

By Rachel Levin · Mar 25, 2022 11:38am PDT · 7 comments
Brooke Shannon, a mother of three in Austin, Tex., was traumatized by what she witnessed one day in 2017 while driving by her local middle school. She saw dozens of tweens standing around with their heads down, phones up, glazed eyes staring into their devices: alone together. “I went home and emailed 20 moms,” Shannon said, posing a heretical... Brooke Shannon, a mother of three in Austin, Tex., was traumatized by what she witnessed one day...