Summary

The next chapter is titled “poems.” Doyle describes how creative and playful her son Chase had been until he was given a cell phone, and goes on to describe how, over time, he became more and more distant, clearly addicted to his phone. She discusses how she, Abby, and Craig talked together about how best to help him, but did not really do anything about it until one day, Doyle went for a walk with him and they talked. Doyle describes offering her son her concerns, and how he offered those same concerns. She describes their agreement that he would limit his phone usage, and how Tish did the same. All this, Doyle says, has to do with two things. The first is allowing kids to be bored so they can discover things that move them, stimulate them, and make them feel like...