The generation that grew up with a smartphone in their hand is putting it down. Not because their parents made them. Not because of a school policy or a family rule. Because they decided to.

A week of genuine rest after a demanding school year is normal and healthy. But if week two looks exactly like week one, and you can feel the summer beginning to slip, that is not decompression anymore. That is the summer slide — and it starts earlier and runs deeper than most parents realize.