that point, our goal is to have lavished them with so many yeses to good alternatives that time spent alone on screens pales in comparison to evenings filled with Nertz (only the best card game there is), ping-pong tournaments, s’mores on the back patio, games of Risk and Bananagrams, movies on our DIY big screen, chess matches, reading aloud together (yes, my teens still love this), volleyball in the front yard, charades, and—gasp!—even long conversations about whatever strikes their fancy.
