Pay Attention All the Time

Anxious Machine by Robert McGinley Myers

Sep 28, 201524:05Society & Culture

Parents of young children have an especially fraught relationship with their smartphones. On the one hand, these devices are indispensable tools for getting things done and staying connected to the adult world while in t...

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