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Minor Issues: How I kept my youngest child away from screens, until I couldn’t

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A child watching video with his ipad at home during the circuit breaker period.

Studies have shown that children have been getting more screen time since the start of the pandemic.

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SINGAPORE – When I was a new mum working full-time, I would resort to giving my two older children screen time for some respite. Then, it was mainly cartoons on television.

But the more they watched, the more they wanted to watch.

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