Toy Story 5's real screen lesson every parent needs to take seriously
Building off The Anxious Generation's 'Great Rewiring' theory, Pixar made a movie that goes beyond 'screen time' debates..
Building off The Anxious Generation's 'Great Rewiring' theory, Pixar made a movie that goes beyond 'screen time' debates.
The short version
- Pixar's latest isn't saying 'phone bad.' It's asking parents to do better.
- In 2007, the introduction of the iPhone fundamentally changed the nature of childhood.
- Chat, cameras, YouTube, scrolling, Instagram, hyperconnection, Roblox, all easily yanked out of a pocket and set up at the dinner table.
- Nearly 20 years later, Toy Story 5 asks: Will we do anything about that?
What happened
Pixar's latest isn't saying 'phone bad.' It's asking parents to do better. In 2007, the introduction of the iPhone fundamentally changed the nature of childhood.
Why it matters
Stanton and Harris confront a harder truth: The adults, loving, caring, present during the day, scrolling on their phones at night, are the ones who failed to understand the technology they handed their daughter.
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