What kids told us about how to get them off their phones

Article note: We've only had well regarded, well researched books for over a decade saying exactly this. If you exclude (young) people from physical spaces, from unstructured play, from less-supervised interaction, they'll figure out how to meet those needs as best they can with what they have available. The fact that a number of companies are exploiting the situation in manipulative ways is a related issue, but not the _same_ issue.