I don't doubt your claim, but you didn't provide any examples or evidence. What positive effects did limiting device access from your kids have on them?
Chicago huh? Are you talking Naperville or did your kids grow up in an apartment on Lakeshore? The context here means a lot. Surely you wouldn't begrudge a parent in Detroit (outside of safe downtown) having a device to communicate/locate their child.
Please parents...look up the studies on how detrimental it is to hover over every aspect of your child's life. It's not good.
I raised five kids to adulthood with the last one finishing his freshman year of college this year.
None of them had devices until middle school and even then, it was restricted. We made our kids roam around like feral coyotes.
They are absolutely better for it.