Comment by armchairhacker

The kids in your social circle are used to not having access to alcohol, but they're not used to not having access to social media.

Hypothetically, if every kid in your social circle had their device "locked", the adults would probably have a very hard time the kids away from their devices, or just relent, because the kids would be very unhappy. Although maybe with today's knowledge, most people will naturally restrict new kids who've never had unrestricted access, causing a slow culture shift.