Addiction intervention

Does anyone else’s children stare at YouTube videos, like technology zombies?  Are the videos often times of kids playing with toys?  Does anyone else see the failure in this?  Why are my boys watching videos of kids playing with the same toys they own, rather than playing with said toys?  We need to nip this in the bud, and unbeknownst to our offspring, things are going to change dramatically in the coming weeks.  During the colder, winter months, it’s not exactly easy for my kids to keep themselves from getting in each other’s personal spaces nor feasible for us to play referee every interaction; so we allow more tablet time.  Each winter, we create monsters!  My children thrive when they’re able to get outside and just be boys.  However, I dare compare their tablets (aka YouTube videos) to a drug addiction.  When we go to take them away and allow only 30 minutes a day, it’s going to be like an addicts had their drug of choice taken away.  There will be rebellion, there will be attitude, and there will be total withdrawal.  I don’t look forward to it, but it’s necessary.  I tell them “looking at those things is robbing you of your imagination”, or “it’s killing your brain cells” … see, like a drug I tell you.  I often wish we had never been introduced to tablets, but it’s the way of the time … and I can’t say anything at all, I’m often times locked in on my phone.  Nevertheless, we’re going to disconnect a bit more now that its warming up & we can get outdoors without all the layers of clothes.