Parents are spending up to $19,000 on summer camps that ban their kids' phones

Getty Images; Alyssa powell/BI Emma Bobson spends four to six hours a day on her phone. At 13 years old, the middle schooler from Long Island, New York scrolls through TikTok searching shopping hauls, FaceTimes her friends to discuss daily drama, and texts friends (often the same ones) on iMessage. So, for the first few days of summer camp in Pennsylvania — where WiFi is scarce, and tech is barred — she found herself reaching into her pocket for her phone all the time. It took "a few days or...