The big problem is smartphones with internet access, not cellphones. I was in high-school when cellphones really took off and while the occasional errant phone

The big problem is smartphones with internet access, not cellphones. I was in high-school when cellphones really took off and while the occasional errant phone ring in class wasn’t uncommon nobody was compelled to be doom scrolling on social media during class, because we didn’t have internet access. A lot of people, especially kids, are not skilled at moderating bad habits. On a related tangent, my drive to work takes me past multiple middle-school bus-stops and every. single. kid. Has their face glued to their phone every. single. day. It’s depressing.