@robpike I can see both ways on this.

There’s a lot of time wasting available on phones.

But a huge portion of my kids’ phone use is just texting with their friends. They read more and are better connected than the average kid was when I was young.

All that communication doesn’t suddenly become worthless just because it’s not with audio.

Edit: you did not say it was worthless. I just… I think the kids are alright. The huge corps suck. But, my kids are better off being able to text friends.