How do you talk to teenagers who are always on their phones?

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Doing parallel activities together such as driving, grabbing food, playing games, walking the dog, or cooking and grilling.
2. 2
   Engaging in outdoor activities like hiking and camping to naturally prompt conversation.
3. 3
   Enforcing screen-free policies for both parents and children.
4. 4
   taking a pause and breathing before reapproaching the conversation
5. 5
   stating a point and walking away with no emotion
6. 6
   giving flat or minimal responses like okay or sure

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.