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Science & Breakthroughs

How parents’ phone habits shape their children’s, according to new research

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How parents’ phone habits shape their children’s, according to new research

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For years, the conversation about children and screens has been aimed squarely at children. How much time, what content, and at what age? Sweden’s public health agency has now turned the question around. This past Monday, the agency issued new guidelines urging parents to put their phones away when spending time with their children and to make parts of the home phone-free. The guidelines follow government-commissioned research with two findings: parent phone

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