Despite building an increasingly screen-focused world, billionaire tech leaders are keeping their own children away from the tech they helped create.
As far back as 2010, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs told a New York Times reporter his kids had never used an iPad and that, “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.”
Since then, the trend of Silicon Valley billionaires keeping their families away from technology has become even more pronounced, thanks in part to the rise of social media and short-form video.
Excessive device use among children has become more common in recent years as busy parents turn to screens to find some peace. The trend has accelerated so much that some young children accustomed to extensive screen time are dubbed “iPad kids.” On average, children in the U.S. ages 8 to 18 spend 7.5 hours per day watching or using screens, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
I remember something about a campells soup (or other soup?) executive saying that they won’t even eat their own companies product because it was gross and for poor people. I guess they tried it one day and were disgusted by it. But they’ll keep selling it because $$$.
That was Campbell’s soup. I so happened to have a cold recently and I actually missed having Campbell’s soup as a kid when I was sick (despite kind of despising canned foods now) but decided to buy Amy’s Kitchen soups instead when I recalled that article.