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Grandparents are glued to their phones, families are worried [video]

As older adults spend more time on their digital devices, their children and grandchildren are growing concerned, questioning if this is a real problem or a projection of their own screen time anxieties.

Grandparents are glued to their phones, families are worried

In a recent essay for The Atlantic, writer Charlie Warzel explored why so many older adults are spending more time on their digital devices — and why their children and grandchildren are increasingly uneasy about it.

But is this shift actually worth worrying about? Or are younger people just projecting their own anxieties about screen time onto their parents and grandparents?

Katty Kay speaks with Charlie Warzel about his piece and the complicated questions it raises about family relationships, technology, and loneliness among older adults.

Source: Hacker News

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