This article reminded me of my dad, who in 1991 desperate because my brother and I spent a lot of time playing Nintendo bought this book: https://www.amazon.com/Video-Kids-Making-Sense-Nintendo/dp/0....

The problem is not the technology, the problem is as she mentions in passing bad parenting. If it wasn't an iPhone it would be "talking through the landline" (remember ALF's starting scene? it was an issue for us kids in the 80s/90s) Cable TV, or marijuana or any other addictive passtime.