Those darn youngsters and their screens! I hate to say it, but I’ve had this idea a lot lately. When it comes to arranging our children’s summer vacation, a part of my brain expects they’ll spend the majority of their time outside with their friends, inventing games, riding bikes, and coming inside to get popsicles. What I did at their age. However, in fact, things have not turned out as expected. The majority of the neighborhood’s children are either at camp or indoors, watching TV or playing video games.

When I attempt to get my kids to go outside more, they grumble and push back. Has this generation forgotten how to play? Are smartphones and tablets responsible for this bizarre phenomenon? One father recently had the wonderful idea of taking his children to the park, taking their phones away, and forcing them to play. The findings were not what he had hoped for.

“It was a nice day outside,” Charles Lavea told Newsweek. “I thought we might go grab lunch and dine in the park. I removed my girls’ electronics, including phones and iPads, and left them at home. I wanted them to enjoy some sunshine and fresh air, so we went.”

Lavea on TikTok captured what happened next. His two children are portrayed sitting on swings, swinging back and forth, unsure of what to do with themselves. You can see they’re merely dissociating till Dad’s strange little experiment is finished. They would like to be anywhere else in the world. They specifically want to check in on what’s going on with their phones. It’s all over their features and in their sad, bent posture.

Watch the funny video here:

@lifewithlaveas This generation man 🤣🤣🤦 I remember growing up all we did was play at the park with the kids in the neighbourhood 🤷 #lifewithlaveas #girldad #funnymoments #trendingsound #titanicflutefail #tiktokparent #viralvideos #fyp ♬ original sound – LifeWithLaveas