Phones are just a means to avoid processing one's emotions. Don't neglect that part of your life and you won't be tempted to scroll, or at the very least you'll be resistant to it. No other way out of this, especially because you're in for a very emotional time in the near future.

But don't fret: becoming a parent forces you to find strength you didn't know you had. Sounds cliche but there's really no other way to describe it.

Before kids I was glued to my phone. Now when we go to the playground I just stare at the sky like a chimpanzee released after years of indoor captivity.

Phones are just a means to avoid processing one's emotions.

I see them more as pacifiers for adults.

Whenever I see some adult doomscrolling in public, I hear Maggie Simpson's little suck suck suck sound in my head.