小勒德分子

● After watching their parents melt their brains with smartphones, kids might just be logging off ● By Max Chafkin ● Illustration by Shira Inbar A few months ago, while trying to juggle the intricacies of my 10-year-old daughter Alice’s after-school sched- ule, my wife and I bought her a cellphone. The purchase felt fraught, like the 21st century equivalent of sticking a pack of Marlboro Reds in her backpack. As a tech reporter, I’ve spent years covering the harms caused by the relentless push for growth at Silicon Valley’s biggest companies—a push some researchers have linked to higher rates of eating disorders, depression and even suicide among teenagers. …