opinion

Research shows that 67 per cent of children have access to a tablet at home, and parents often rely on them to soothe or occupy their kids.

Kaitlyn Regehr is an associate professor and the program director of Digital Humanities at University College London, and the author of Smartphone Nation: Why We’re All Addicted to Our Screens and What You and Your Family Can Do About It .

As summer winds down, many of us parents find ourselves taking stock. Did our kids get enough fresh air? Did they move, explore and create memories beyond their screens? We often measure our efforts against hazy recollections of our own childhood summers – days that stretched long, filled with scraped knees, bikes left in a neighbour’s driveway, and the freedom to roam until the street lamps flickered on

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