Screen time reports won’t help you. Here’s what can.

I got my latest Screen Time report from Apple halfway through my daughter’s first day at Disney World. Waiting in line for rides, I’d been checking my phone reflexively, tapping app icons. Like many distracted parents, this triggered a pang of guilt that I was looking at a screen instead of being more present for my little one. I do it at home, too, and I’d like to stop.

Ironic that I was distracted once again by a notification telling me to look at my phone in order to learn how to look at my phone less.

Screen time reports — the weekly roundups of time spent on various apps that Apple and Google send its users — are a cornerstone of digital wellness, a concept that’s been around for over a decade. To some, digital wellness might mean simply using their phone less, and to others, it might mean cutting down on distractions, like unwanted notifications.

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