And they are right.

"Dad, America is bombing Iran."

"It's because of your god damn phone, I tell ya."

Dont forget about the games.

Is this a "grounded from phone" thing?

Reminds me of Malcolm in the Middle where Reese discovers his passion for cooking, and the parents discover a meaningful punishment for Reese's misbehaviour.
So....

Back in my day, they blamed the nintendo!

And the D&D.

Before that it was just "books other than bible, bad".

At least I keep my signal chats private Dad!

In a very real sense cell phones and the way they are used to produce / distribute propaganda and misinformation are directly related to America bombing Iran.

In the same way a pencil and paper are responsible for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, yes.

TIL that Boomers do not watch Fox News, but actually bother to read something on a tiny screen with teensy font size.

It's a good thing that Boomers don't vote either!

(Okay, but yeah cell phones helped, especially among the youths)

And don't forget the demonic DnD!

Also playing records backwards...

I'm not sure if you're aware, but two things can be true at the same time

That reminds me to go play some Ozzy and Judas Priest.

You think the evil works on digital? The Machine Spirit may over write the analog satanic messages

But I don't blame a device for that. Same as I don't blame AI for AI. I blame evil megacorps and the corrupt politicians who let them do whatever they want.

As a blanket statement, probably not. But giving a child a phone is kinda insane and makes it worse.

Blame it on social media

Don't forget the Beatles, revolution number 9

I suppose I was lucky. My parents blamed themselves for not doing a better job of raising me.

Well, that's honestly cruel for both of you...

To their credit, they did try to do better.