The Sunday Edition: 'Rewilding' the smartphone generation, one school's story
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This episode was originally published in April last year.
With young people in Britain and across the world increasingly reliant on smartphones, many teens now openly admitt they’re addicted to social media. Could an entire generation be suffering serious and irreversible damage? And is there anything we can do to reverse it?
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