‘The worst model of parenting imaginable’: Phones keep us physically present, emotionally removed

Parents today spend more time with their kids than just about any parents in history, research shows, but far too much of that time is spent distracted by smartphones. (Dreamstime)

Erika Christakis has written a beautiful, troubling essay for The Atlantic that I hope every parent reads. 

“The Dangers of Distracted Parenting” sounds an alarm about the gradual decrease in the quality, if not the quantity, of the time we spend with our children, thanks to our godforsaken phones.