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Do you remember when you got your first cell phone?

I do.

It was the late 90s, and I was a grad student back in Boston.

All my friends were starting to get mobile phones, so I wanted one too.

I remember sitting outside in Harvard Square and finally unboxing my new Nokia.

And it felt really cool, futuristic even.

I could call my mom while walking to work, and I could text my friends.

That new Nokia made it easy to travel and to find people while you were out in the world.

Granted, it didn't have email or maps or music or a camera or even a calculator, I think,

but it was still a game changer.

Even today, I remember that first ringtone, very fondly.

But if I were to show one of my Yale students that Nokia today,

they'd probably be very confused.

It's easy to forget just how much and how quickly mobile phones have transformed

and how they've transformed us. Today's young people can't comprehend what life was like without

infinite access to information and more streaming content than anyone could possibly consume.

So for this final episode in our series on happier parenting, we're going to

turn to how this massive technological shift has affected our children and what caregivers can do

to offer guidance and support amidst this avalanche of information overload. And for this episode,

I knew there was one expert I had to speak with. In 2010, kids mostly have flip phones. We call them millennials. But by

2015, kids have smartphones with social media. They can be on for 10, 15 hours a day, and we

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