The world of iPhone/Android devices has been around for well over a decade now. Why is this suddenly a crisis? If anything, I would expect the negative effects of smartphone addiction to be trending downward as parents become better educated about safe internet access and the vendors have begun offering tools to limit device usage.

The anecdote about girls sleeping next to always-on phones with constant notifications is bonkers to me. So switch off notifications at night! This isn't rocket science. But a two-line article about how humans (teen girls and literally everyone else) feel better when their phones aren't constantly buzzing isn't sensational enough I guess.