Screen time for young kids has become common, but some parents are cutting back

Nicolette and Geno Sidders were relieved when they found what seemed like a magic solution for pacifying their then-6-month-old Scarlett: a phone .

"It was great. She just sat and watched, and she was quiet," Nicolette Sidders told CBS News, recalling the first time they gave Scarlett a phone.

She said they would give Scarlett a phone all the time to make their lives easier.

"The car. The restaurants. Like, even if we were just at the mall and she would start to cry, we would be like, 'Here's your phone,'" she said.

But that quick fix soon felt off to the parents.

"When I would watch Nicolette say, 'Hey, Scarlett, come over here,' and she was just zoned in [on the phone] ... I hated it," Geno Sidders said.

So, three months ago, the Sidders decided no more phones for Scarlett, ev