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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: Kate Middleton is right — screen time is ruining our kids
Description: The Princess of Wales has added her prominent voice to the urgent discussion around kids and their cellphones.In an essay co-authored by a Harvard Medical School professor, Kate warns that smartphones and other digital devices are responsible for an “epidemic of disconnection” that threatens the development of young children. “We’re raising a generation that may be more ‘connected’ than any in history while simultaneously being more isolated, more lonely, and less equipped to form the warm, meaningful relationships that research tells us are the foundation of a healthy life,” reads the essay, publ...