You can’t put the genie back in the bottle and it will get worse as technology advances more and more. I glanced through the window of a coffee shop on my way somewhere else this morning. It was quite busy and the only people talking to their companions were older folk. Everyone else was glued to a screen.
My children were in their early teens before phones and tablets became the norm, so had the experience of going out to play, going to a restaurant and talking to others, playing board games and amusing themselves. I know that still happens, but to a lesser degree.
The advent of very portable technology, followed by a pandemic that isolated people from one another has created a perfect storm. Look at what happens when schools try to ban phones during school hours. It’s apparently unacceptable for children and young people to not be contactable during the school day, yet it’s not centuries ago that children went to school, went out on their bikes, went to play with their friends, without a phone, or at least, only a public phone box.
What we have now is toxic and will become ever more so.