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    Dial S for screen time

    Mar 28, 2024 2 minutes

    SO HERE I AM, LIKE EVERYONE with a primary school-age child, dutifully signing pledges that I absolutely will not give Hector a smartphone until he is 14 at the very youngest. In no circumstances will he rock up to Year Seven with the latest iPhone. All eminently wise.

    Slight problem, Minnie and Lyra — who are now 15 and

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