Nearly 5 hours was spent to ultimately acknowledge the parents are frustrated that their kids are addicted to screens and the parents don't have enough backbone to simply take the damn things away part of the day.
Pretty much the same story everywhere - I never go to Parent-Teacher meeting and interestingly all the teachers know me for that reason :)
A combination of addictive screens and parents unwilling to put in the time and effort makes a perfect storm. The smartphone screen is becoming the new pacifier for children, and I guess I am an old outdate dinosaur. I'm not so sure I'll be attending another parent-teacher meeting especially if it doesn't involve the parents actually meeting with the teachers.