Princess of Wales suggests parents should put down the phone to combat social discontent

LONDON: The Princess of Wales has a suggestion for parents: Please put down the phone. Kate, as she is commonly known, collaborated with adult development researcher Robert Waldinger to warn that technology is contributing to an epidemic of disconnection that is hurting family relationships. Devices that promise to keep us connected often do the opposite, they say in an essay posted on the Royal Foundation Center for Early Childhood website. “We sit together in the same room while our minds are scattered across dozens of apps, notifications, and feeds,’’ the authors wrote.

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