New research links getting a smartphone before 13 with dramatically worse mental health in young adulthood… and the younger the child, the worse the association is. My daughters were the last kids in their classes and social groups to get smartphones. Like, VERY last. At one point another parent asked us if we weren’t worried they might get teased. Of course they got some ribbing. (About that AND the fact that they’ve never, ever eaten at McDonald’s.) And for sure there were plenty of moments...