“Why our elders are getting more glued to their phones than children—and what we must do about it
Introduction You might expect children or young adults to be the most at risk of mobile-phone addiction. But increasingly, older adults—our parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles—are becoming just as (or more) glued to their phones. They spend hours scrolling, watching videos, clicking links. They believe messages on WhatsApp, forward every ‘urgent’ note, and then fall …