My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone
Looks like correlation, not causation.<p>Our precocious angels have been transforming into sullen monsters at the onset of adolescence since the beginning of time.  Do we really think they would have stayed precocious angels forever, if only they had never discovered comic books or rock&#x27;n&#x27;roll or TV or video games or whatever the current teenage vice happens to be?<p>Sure, there is good evidence that smartphones are more addictive than a lot of other pastimes and devices, but the fact that your daughter turned into a teenager isn&#x27;t that.