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129 How to actually get kids off their phones

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Anna North @ Vox 2 place · 12/24/2025 07:00 EDT

How to actually get kids off their phones

It was the last day of school before winter break, and Aiden and his eighth-grade classmates were playing a game of Mafia. After the first round, though, one of Aiden’s friends got bored and quit playing. Another friend called him a “screenager,” Aiden recalled — “like, your attention span is so short.” The incident was […]

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