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Interesting Global News@lemmy.zip · 12 hours ago

Girl without smartphone unable to join in lesson — 'I feel guilty for not buying my daughter one for school'

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Girl without smartphone unable to join in lesson — 'I feel guilty for not buying my daughter one for school'

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Interesting Global News@lemmy.zip · 12 hours ago

Smartphones: 'I feel guilty for not buying my daughter one for school'

A mum says her daughter came home in tears after she did not have a smartphone to use in a lesson.

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Ms Lewis said she began to feel “pressure” on parents to buy smartphones as her daughter left primary school, but decided not to over fears about how it might affect Ava’s mental health.

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