I agree with that. It is disheartening to see a family walking down the street with mom, dad and teen child all looking down at their devices.
Why don’t they all turn them off and talk with one another?
From about 37 minutes to 42 minutes into the video linked below, Professor Jonathan Haidt tries to explain how cell phones and internet social media have affected kids. (Jonathan Haidt is probably not a conservative, and I'm not sure he is heterosexual, but he has some interesting things to say.)