"Instead, perhaps ask, What are you watching on your phone? What apps are you into? This is what I do with my phone. You could use their phone use as a conversation starter, as a way to meet them where they are, as a way to perhaps enter their world rather than expecting them to jump straight into your world. And, you know, it can just be the basis of strengthening connection rather than breaking it."
"Are your parents addicted to their phone? In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel explores how technology is affecting an older generation of adults. Instead of a phone-based childhood, Warzel suggests, we may be witnessing the emergence of a phone-based retirement -one shaped by isolation, algorithmic feeds, and platforms never designed with aging users in mind. To untangle whether this is a genuine crisis or a misplaced moral panic, Warzel speaks with Ipsit Vahia,"
Smartphone use among older adults has increased, producing what can feel like a phone-based retirement influenced by isolation and algorithmic feeds. Screen time can serve protective functions, such as social connection and mental stimulation, or contribute to harm depending on individual context and needs. Older adults are a diverse group with varying capacities, preferences, and vulnerabilities. Families benefit from curiosity rather than reflexive judgment by asking what apps or content older relatives engage with and using devices as avenues for connection. The core issue is how families navigate mediated attention and preserve meaningful relationships across generations.
Read at The Atlantic
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