I (38M) have 3 children (13, 11, and 7) that I share custody with my ex-wife (36F). We have been divorced since 2019. All of my children have smart phones and are on them constantly. If it's not YouTube it's Roblox. While they're at my home (every other weekend), my rules are no phone before lunch and if it's sunny outside, we are all outside doing something. (Weather it's playing with the neighbors or all of us. Or doing some chores). Besides that, my youngest calls his mom and gets on face time. I never stop him from calling as it says in the divorce papers the other parent can call for a reasonable amount of time. He stays on FaceTime with her even if he's not talking to her. He either puts the phone down and walks off to play with his brothers or he keeps her on the phone while he's playing a game or watching another video. I've seen several times where she is just lingering on the phone while my son is away and not even paying any attention to his phone and is involved with another activity. I have hung it up only to recieve a nasty text that she was still on the phone. He calls her constantly and won't want to play any games with me or activities with me while she's on the phone. I have tried to be tactful and respectful trying to get him to hang up the phone with her and spend spme time with me but he refuses and when I do she gets defensive.

What can I do about this? This is really hurting the time I spend with my kids and I honestly believe it is having a negative psychological effect on my son as he gets emotionally upset and freaks out when his phone dies while he's on the phone with his mother. Do I need to male a stand and try and do something about this or is it something that I will have to live with?

I am in Georgia.