Screens aren’t ruining our kids.Our parenting around screens is. It’s easy to blame iPads for meltdowns, short attention spans, and emotional outbursts. But the real issue? We’ve made screens the default coping mechanism instead of teaching kids how to regulate on their own. When every moment of boredom gets filled with a screen, kids lose the ability to sit in discomfort, navigate frustration, and develop patience. And when that screen gets taken away? Their nervous system panics—because it was