Smartphones have ruined Gen Alpha childhood

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Smartphones have ruined Gen Alpha childhood". Your opponent's style: Jonathan Haidt

Parent​ needs​ to​ control​ it

Your argument is a convenient evasion. "Parents need to control it" fundamentally misunderstands the issue; it shifts the blame from the inherent capabilities and positive impacts of smartphones to a perceived failing of parental oversight. What makes you think control is the problem, rather than adaptation?

Who​ control​ kids?

The conventional answer, of course, is parents. They bear the primary legal and moral responsibility for a child's upbringing, welfare, and development.[1][2][3] However, claiming parental "control" as a panacea ignores the myriad external influences—peers, education, culture, and yes, technology—that profoundly shape a child's world. Blaming parents alone oversimplifies a complex ecosystem of development.