My son is 11. We never gave him access to screens until after age 3 and we never gave him screens when we would go out, which is frequently. He’s a normal kid and he converses better than most adults. I enjoy going out with him and mostly always have.

I am concerned however because there is a whole generation of people being raised right now that have never had a meal out without a screen first being shoved in their face. I witnessed this recently at a fancy steak dinner at the Gaylord hotel with my family in Orlando. Everybody at that hotel has kids and so they are at virtually every table in the restaurant and they ALL had screens, headphones, the works. What is this generation going to be like when they are older?

It’s like people have forgotten that they themselves somehow grew up without all this crap and just completely given up on the idea that with a little effort they could actually parent their kids and raise them to be socially intelligent people. It’s like they have chosen to raise zombies instead. I just don’t get it.