Warning: this column is a dark path to a gaudy “Great Gatsby” party while children go hungry.

We know the damage cellphones cause to kids and teenagers in learning and mental health epidemics of anxiety and depression. The research results are in. Private and public schools are banning them. Girls suffer poor self-esteem and body image; boys often themselves isolate indoors playing online video games. They are not enjoying the innocent pleasures of growing up and going outside to play in the neighborhood.

Limits and curfews on cellphones are hard to enforce, parents say. Artificial intelligence is accused of writing college papers and even assisting young suicides. But here’s the thing. We adults are also guilty of spending way too much time on our devices. And we expect cellphones to be

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