I dont think that comment materially undermined your position, if anything it supported it?

Exactly.

My kid has a smartphone but no data plan; no social media; can't take it to school.

When I did that, I was the annoying one, who they fought every inch of the way.

When the school banned phones in the playground, I was suddenly one of the first to get it right, in their eyes.

I'm trying to do my job too. But we need certain rules to be consistent throughout our society. Even if they will be broken, it matters that the rules are there and we can agree to them.