We started doing Sundays with no handheld electronics and people and kids that come over have to put their phones by the door in a wooden box (they can go check it there when needed, but can't keep it on them while we hang out). Everyone's loving it. BUT, this one 11yo girl, friend of my daughter's, came over yesterday for the first time since we implemented and she was unable to properly function. My daughter explained the rule and she laughed thinking she was joking. "What will we even do??" she asked incredulously. Daughter and friend explained how it's a beautiful day and they can swim and jump on the trampoline and they've been finding a bunch of red caterpillars in the backyard. "I hate nature. That sounds so boring. Why can't I have my phone?" Daughter patiently explains how she tries to limit her screen time to an hour a day as it's not good to be staring at your phone all the time. Visiting 11yo girl laughs again, "ONLY AN HOUR?!?!", and they open her phone to see what her average screen time is daily.... 15.5 hours. Average. Daily. Not joking. She's had an unrestricted iPhone since she was 7, with 24/7 access to whatever apps and websites she wants. She goes to public school and has well-off, two nice parents with full time jobs. But she's on a path to be a completely nonfunctional adult. She watches TikTok videos for probably 10+ hours a day even on school days, staying up all night with her phone addiction. Absolutely crazy to me. Eventually my daughter and her other friend had to tell her she needed to go home because she did nothing but complain and be a PITA the whole time she visited on no phones day, they had to be like, "look if you don't like it, you don't have to hang out, you can go home", she pouted and eventually left and the other kids resumed having a blast without phones. I'm guessing there's more kids like this than we can possibly imagine. Just completely lost, antisocial, and nonfunctional without their device. Please do better for your children. Again I want to recommend reading, "The Anxious Generation" and following their recommended guidelines for device access and milestones.