Meet the parents raising their kids like it’s 1995

“If you've connected kids by a landline, kids who live within walking or bicycle distance, you have the makings of a great childhood for your child, because it's not primarily about the phones, it's primarily about childhood,” says Jonathan Haidt, author of "The Anxious Generation."

Beverly Clearly’s “Beezus and Ramona” is plugged into a Toniebox in Malsert Liebler’s house in Oceanport. Other families in the area lean into their own analog comforts: Friday-night reruns of “Family Matters” and “Full House,” or episodes of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

This playgroup in Oceanport, NJ, which meets monthly, has roughly 30 kids and their families in attendance.

“We are kind of the last generation of parents to have a truly analog childhood,” says Holly Moscatiello, the founder of The Balance Project. “And so for me, that is really important to preserve components of that.”

Oceanport moms Katie Babad, Malsert Liebler and Natalie Corlett are part of the Oceanport chapter of The Balance Project.

Inside Malsert Liebler’s Oceanport house, a screen-free audio speaker Yoto Player sits on the kitchen counter. Her girls often listen to “Jake in the Morning” while she makes breakfast.

A group of Seattle dads launched an updated landline called the Tin Can that's taking off. Co-founders from left, Graeme Davies, Chet Kittleson and Max Blumen.

Oceanport family Katie and Dave Babad and their daughters Ellie, 8, and Abby, 6, watch TGIF reruns like “Full House” and “Family Matters.”