Are boomers the real phone addicts?

Everyone says that young people spend too much time on their phones but what if they’re not the biggest offenders?

Half of those between the ages of 61 and 79 are spending more than three hours a day on their phone, according to a survey of 2,000 US baby boomers by AddictionResource.net. And 20% of those surveyed regularly clock up more than five hours a day online.

Not teenage but old age

There’s a “moral panic” in many countries over the impact of digital technology on teenagers, said The Economist . But there’s a “less-noticed explosion in screentime” happening among 60-somethings. As older people enter retirement, their time spent on smart devices is “shooting up”.

This generational cohort have been online since early middle age and they’re now “among the most enthusiastic adopte