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We're busier with our phones than we've ever been
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Teens today are quietly struggling with smartphone addiction, but fear judgment from parents, teachers, and rabbis. With nowhere safe to turn, real growth and connection are being replaced by endless scrolling. We need healthier conversations, not punishment, so they can open up before the screen becomes their only escape.
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I'm a teenager. I have my smartphone. My
[music] parents are clueless. I'm now
addicted to my smartphone all night long
and that's rampant. Not necessarily
doing anything wrong, per se. I'm not
going places that are are inappropriate.
But I don't [music] know who to speak to
about that. I'm not going to my rebby
about that cuz he's going to maybe be
upset I have a smartphone. I'm not going
to my principal. He'll give me a hard
time. I'll get punished or whatever the
appropriate consequence would be. But
this is a problem that I can't go to my
[music] parents with either. We're
busier with our phones than we've ever
been. growth that we used to have
playing ball, hanging out with friends
that is much less common than it used to
be has [music] now become something that
is not just a given. It's not something
that we we get through social
interactions with friends.