“A wariness that has been slowly brewing is turning into a regionwide consensus: The benefits of screens as a learning tool are overblown, and the risks for addiction and stunting development seem high. The debate in Silicon Valley now is about how much exposure to phones is OK.” Nellie Bowles in the NYT: A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley. (I don’t remember a time when my colleagues in the tech industry weren’t worried about screens and kids. It’s just that people speak publicly about it now.)

+ And Bowles in the NYT Mag on the unexpected digital gap: “America’s public schools are still promoting devices with screens — even offering digital-only preschools. The rich are banning screens from class altogether.”