My observation as someone that was a young child before smartphones, e-readers, the internet or even the Apple 1 is that parents didn't pay anymore attention to

My observation as someone that was a young child before smartphones, e-readers, the internet or even the Apple 1 is that parents didn't pay anymore attention to their kids then. They just had different distractions. But that is just my anecdotal evidence just like the article is just anecdotal. Give me some real research showing parents are giving children less attention and to a degree that it is negatively impacting them and I'll care.