The big problem in my mind is cutting kids off from their peers. If I kick my son off his gaming laptop, he will be cut off from socializing with his friends. F

The big problem in my mind is cutting kids off from their peers. If I kick my son off his gaming laptop, he will be cut off from socializing with his friends. For better or worse, they all hang out and chat while gaming. Sure I would love it if they were all out riding bikes, but alas. Same with my daughter. If I take away her phone, she becomes isolated from her peers because sadly they mostly communicate through Snapchat. Even other things they might do like sports ends up creating electronic baggage. My daughter plays soccer, so she ends up talking about things said on the soccer team group chat. I have basically lost the fight and so have all the other parents of teens I know. I now dread weekends and holidays because I know my kids will be on screens continuously and the arguments to derail them are even more damaging to home life. There are a few local kids who are mostly gadget free due to parental control...and I predict they will fail out of college because once they are away from home, they will gorge on screens and ignore school. Every enlightened, educated parent I know who set about controlling tech has failed miserably.