How Do We Protect Children from Becoming Addicted to Social Media?

Liability judgments and warning labels are not enough

Friends,

My granddaughter began scrolling on a cellphone when she was around 2 years old, her index finger repeatedly swiping across its face as if she were already a teenager.

Some of the 18-year-olds in my classes at Berkeley seem to suffer withdrawal symptoms when I ask them to put away their phones.

I see young people in restaurants sitting with other…