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Why Parents Are Giving Their Kids a ’90s Summer (with no phones!)
What if the answer to an increasingly connected, anxious childhood is to go backwards?
Vanessa Feltz and child therapist Saskia Joss explore the growing “90s summer” trend, where parents are swapping packed schedules, constant screen time and endless online stimulation for bikes, books, boredom, playing outside and a little more freedom.
But can you really take the phones away without making summer feel like a punishment?
Vanessa and Saskia discuss what children may have lost as childhood has become more connected, why real life can struggle to compete with the intensity of screens, and how…
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