We are usually concerned about screen time when it comes to children and teenagers. But in many families, something else is happening: grandparents are now spending more time on screens than the young.
The difference is that, unlike with kids, we don’t keep an eye on them; we don’t know how much time they spend on their devices or what they are doing online until something goes wrong.
The numbers show how quickly things have changed. Pew Research Center* found in 2024 that 98% of people ages 5
