When children get bored, screens are increasingly beating out make-believe.
A new survey commissioned by toy manufacturer Playmobil found that children ages 4 to 9 were more than twice as likely to reach for a screen when bored as they were to invent a game, story, or imaginary world.
‘27% said their child will spend between three and four hours of the day on a screen.’
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Twenty-eight percent of children surveyed said they would use or ask for a screen when boredom struck. Just 12% said they would make up a game, story, or pretend world.
The nationwide U.K. survey questioned 2,000 parents and 2,000 children. Parents seem well aware of the problem — and many aren’t particularly happy about their own role in it. Fifty-four percent admitted
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