I can't really agree with the author's outlook on a completely tech free childhood. As with most things, you need to strike a balance. I'm reminded of stories

I can't really agree with the author's outlook on a completely tech free childhood. As with most things, you need to strike a balance. I'm reminded of stories in China where parents do similar things for gaming, then once college starts the kids swing in excess to the opposite. Some even die of a heart attack. It's much better if kids find their own limits under a safe environment with parents than alone where there is no one to stop them when things go to far. Plus there's going to be a huge social cost in being excluded from group chats or socializing through common interests. On the flipside, of course that dosen't mean letting kids go online virtually unsupervised all day, but it's the same issue of parents taking the simple, "easy" route of parenting rather than a more nuanced approach.