【WhenaskedbyConanO'Brienifhisdaughtershadsmartphones，comedianLouisCKexplainedthathehad（36）___replied，"No，youcan'thaveit．It'sbadforyou．Idon't（37）___whatyouwant．"Thishithomeformebecauseatt】
When asked by Conan O'Brien if his daughters had smartphones，comedian Louis CK explained that he had （36）___ replied，"No，you can't have it．It's bad for you．I don't （37）___ what you want．"This hit home for me because at the time，I was in difficult negotiations with my ten-year-old daughter （38）___ one．And frankly，she was winning．CK added，"I'm not raising the （39）___---I'm raising the grown-ups that they're going to be．So just （40）___ the other stupid kids have phones doesn't mean that my kid has to be stupid，or （41）___ she'll feel weird．"OK，I was sold．
Cell phones are"toxic，especially for kids，"he said，because they don't help them learn empathy，one of the nicer human （42）___．When we text，the （43）___ we get is in cold，hard text-speak．Why are kids （44）___？he asked．"Because they're trying it out．They look at another kid and go．‘You're fat．'Then they find the kid's unhappy，and they think，Ooh，that doesn't feel （45）___．"There，they've experienced empathy．Texting"you're fat"allows you to bypass the pain you've caused．
CK went on to explain to us that smartphones rob us of our ability to be （46）___．Kids use smartphones to （47）___ their time：Must text!Must play game!Must look up more tiny American Girl socks online for Molly!!!After all，one of the joys of being human is allowing our minds to（48）___．With cell phones，kids are always preoccupied．They never daydream，（49）___ in class．And here's something else we're （50）___out on thanks to Steve Jobs's little device：our right to be （51）___．This was a right I hadn't realized I desired until CK pointed out that it's yet another of the essential human emotions．
"Everybody's murdering each other with their cars"as they text，CK screamed，because they fear being alone．Too bad-they're missing out on a life affirming experience．
"I was in my car one time，and Bruce Springsteen's‘Jungleland'came on，"he said．"And he sounds so far