Pupils are back in classrooms and parents can finally have a brief respite from worrying about their children’s excessive screen use — or, at least, worrying it is all their fault. This angst peaks each year in the summer holidays, those long, sunny weeks illuminated in large part by the blueish light from children’s smartphones, tablets and laptops.
Jenny McCartney
A wake-up call
As suspicions about technology’s dark side increase, the ‘digital detox’ has grown in social status
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