Monthly Archive: January 2022

boy with phone on cement stairs

Don’t Blame Your Teen’s Smartphone, Blame Their Neighborhood

“These days teenagers just stare at those damned smartphones all day instead of hanging out in the real world and actually living. Such a shame.”  Surely, you’ve heard or said some variation of this statement. It’s a common one. Countless articles, blog posts, books and research papers have been written with the direct or indirect intention of demonizing smartphones as an addictive technology rotting the minds of the young generations. I should know, I am...