Many of the problems the author speaks of are likely caused by things other than smart phones. Young people are facing an increasingly dim future, the prospects

Many of the problems the author speaks of are likely caused by things other than smart phones. Young people are facing an increasingly dim future, the prospects of being able to find a good job or own a home keep getting worse. All that stuff filters through family relations, friends.. etc. and its not like social pressures to be accepted did not exist in the past. It is easier to find friends and fit in today using social media. Isolated people can more easily find groups they identify with if they have more uncommon personalities than in the past. It does not matter if young people get less screen time, they are still going to be thrown into and economic and cultural disaster society. Big government destroyed a generation, not smart phones.