it was the damn phones

Photo credit: via After Babel/Substack (used with permission) – A teenage girl reads "It Was the Damn Phones."

Health, Mental Health

‘It was the damn phones’: A Gen Z poet conveys the effects of the phone-based childhood

Kori Jane Spaulding

11/2/2025
An Operation Smile volunteer reverses an oxygen mask so a child with a cleft condition can blow a bubble for the first time in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Operation Smile Photos)

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Family, Science

How Bubbles Help Kids with Cleft Conditions

Sarah Watts

5/11/2026