It’s a time-honored tradition for one generation to shake its head at the next, wondering if progress and technology have caused more harm than good. So it is now, with some prominent academics saying kids today need to be off their screens or unsupervised more often, as they were in simpler times.
As tempting as it is to look backwards, and especially amid a growing mental health crisis among teenagers, society benefits when we all move forward. And there’s one public policy that offers clear advantages to the old-timers and youngsters alike: government-funded universal…
