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Addiction & the Battle for Our Children's Minds

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Lauren Edmunds, founder of a school specialising in learning delays, delivers a candid warning about the real cost of unchecked screen time.
Drawing from her classroom experience, she makes the case that screen addiction is reshaping how children think, learn, and engage with the world and that the first step towards change starts at home.
1 Apr English South Africa Education · Self-Improvement

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