I'm thinking about this periodically. I expect that - in addition to mere time restriction from the outset - ensuring that the kids are sufficiently busy with

I'm thinking about this periodically. I expect that - in addition to mere time restriction from the outset - ensuring that the kids are sufficiently busy with leisure outlets and spending enough face-to-face time with others their own age will go a long ways. At the core of it, the addiction we have, as social media is concerned, is to each other, excepting the mindless never-ending-scroll entertainment part of it. Not to say I would overschedule, but would take care that they a) are registered to at least one sport for the majority of the year (intramural is fine), b) have the means and habit to make use of things for creative ends, or to get out of the house and explore. If that foundation is there from the start, might not have to pry the phones/tablets out of them. I can't very well completely cut off any access to devices because the SO and I use them and it will just become a sore spot, particularly as the kids age.