I know the world of technology is a different place now. But I _loved_ the fact that I had a computer in my room as a teenager in the early 2000s.

I think it's slightly less the world of technology, and more survivorship bias (and self bias, if that's a term?) You doing well, and well enough to be on a site like this, isn't evidence of very much when applied to a population. In general I'd say better ways to do things are totally to allow technology, but have it in public areas of the house, rather than in kids' rooms.

'parenting' is not simply taking tech away from their children

Indeed; no one is saying that.