It's way worse still. Even if none of the problems you describe materialize for a young individual, still smartphones are bad for development. They directly co

It's way worse still. Even if none of the problems you describe materialize for a young individual, still smartphones are bad for development. They directly come at the expense of socialization, physical activity, discovery and experimentation, group play, facing (manageable) dangers and setbacks, making your own mistakes and learning from them, etc. To have actual experiences. Good and bad ones. What an absolute dead-end culture it must be to have no experiences.