Colm O'Regan: I hope society bans phones until an industry designed to make my kids addicted is fixed

"Like a lot of parents of young children, I like to delude myself that the world will be fixed by the time I need it."

Comedian and Irish Examiner columnist Colm O'Regan pictured in Cork. Picture Denis Minihane.

Parenthood, it turns out, is just an exercise in growing empathy. 

These days, I am empathising more and more with the witch in Rapunzel. Yes, of course it’s wrong to imprison someone in order to harvest their hair for its rejuvenating powers.