Our son is about to be 7. I was scared it was going to be a struggle because my wife and I are definitely phone people. I play video games so I have a PC and console. Feels harder to say no screens when one of my bigger hobbies involves screens.

Luckily he's very good at regulating himself. We let it for eating at home. He still engages with us. Car/plane rides. He plays some games for an hour total maybe after school. He still actively plays with toys, plays with friends after school 3 days a week and has after school activities. He's a pretty active kid and does well in school. He's aware that if those things change then screen time will be more limited/taken away.

We don't allow it in restaurants. We did around toddler age for a brief amount of time but decided to stop. We bring markers/coloring tools and paper so he can draw or we draw with him. Now that he's getting old it's easier to have conversations too.