Related: Every single one of my toddler's grandparents defaults to sticking a phone in his face (and has since he was a baby). Like, they all managed to raise

Related: Every single one of my toddler's grandparents defaults to sticking a phone in his face (and has since he was a baby). Like, they all managed to raise children into moderately functional adults without heavy use of smartphones, and have had explicit instructions not to do that. Why do they think it's the thing to do?