Picture this: It’s Saturday morning, and the year is 1995. Mom and Dad are in the kitchen with the radio on, throwing Pop-Tarts in the toaster. The children are outside, running through the sprinkler, or maybe watching a PBS rerun of Sesame Street, while engrossed with a glue stick, safety scissors, sugar paper, and old magazines to cut out. In the afternoon, it’s time for a bike ride with friends to the local park, or a wander through the mall. The day ends with a movie rented from the local Blockbuster.
A once ordinary day has now become sought-after escapism for burnt-out Millennial parents, who are coping with kids increasingly hooked on addictive technology. Children are chronically online -- from streaming content as toddlers to tweens begging for smartphones -- even as the warnings over the dangers of social media increase.
