Is it wrong to confiscate kids phones?

[Atealltheeggsalready]

Feeling frustrated now with children’s addiction to phones & computers (not their fault)
Dd is only 7, obviously has no phone etc, but two of her friends on the road have their parents old mobiles. They have games on and YouTube, no other social media
We have a large garden with trampoline, footballs, slides, lots of toys, Lego and games inside, drawing things, paints and so on.
Each time these two friends come (usually separately) they have started bringing their phones (one friend is still 6, the other is 8)
Before this, they’d play on the trampoline, football, chat in the garden, play imaginary games with toys, lego, chase…when they bring the phones, they sit the whole time on the trampoline or bench outside just glued to it and i’m sick of it.
We let Dd go on the home computer to play Minecraft building games sometimes when on her own and tv anytime when friends not here is fine. She has a very outdoors life, but I find it so sad to watch the natural playing being replaced, especially so young.
The last couple of times they’ve come I’ve said i’m sorry but they’ll have to put the phones in the drawer until home time, Dd practically begs for it, I really feel they’re addictive.
I’m not keen on Dd going to one of their houses as they’re just left to watch YouTube (adult, not even kids) Dd has now started saying it’s boring at our house and Ive noticed this friend often struggles to know how to play

Would me doing this offend you as a parent?
I just wish no one had phones/this much technology for kids. Tired of feeling like the uptight, bad guy

This. My daughter did have a friend with YouTube access at 7 and I just stopped encouraging the friendship. I'm not going to tell another parent how to parent but my job is to keep my own child safe. Unrestricted phone access is not it in my opinion. I feel lucky that most of her friends parents are quite similar in no phone access at this age.

@Fredthefrog @ThejoyofNC This girl puts YouTube on the tv, and parents are just in and out, tidying, doing bits around the house etc. I’ve contacted them about it before as my Dd was watching ‘Poppy playtime’ or something and had nightmares

So stop allowing her around the girl. It's not difficult.

You wouldn't let a young child go two doors down without a phone?

DD is 18 now but I saw this with her and her friends 10 years ago. As soon as the friends got mobiles, the playing stopped and they just sat around watching stuff on their phones. It is an addiction and it is up to parents to stop it.

I had to take the phone off DD's friend when she was here once because she just wanted to stay inside watching a film on the tiny screen and was completely ignoring DD.

If the girls aren't going to play, then stop them coming over, or ask their parents to send them without their phones. There is no point in them coming if they are not going to engage with your DD.

It is ridiculous though, no 6yo needs a phone and the parents are to blame for giving them one.

No, it isn’t. It’s called parenting. If your kid does something wrong they need to understand that there are consequences and that includes having their phone confiscated from them. Unfortunately, some parents don’t think you should parent your child they put their child’s wishes first and then wonder why their child doesn’t behave.