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Are smartphones really making our children sad?

15 mins | Sep 3, 2017
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Parents have long been wary of the effects that too much screen-time might have on their kids. What’s more, a controversial US study states that children born since 1995 show unprecedented levels of depression and loneliness. So are smartphones making our children sad? Ian Tucker interviews Jean Twenge, that study’s author. Read by Michael and Sharon Bott.

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