Background
Children are spending an increasing amount of time glued to screens of one sort and another. The American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) has warned that children desperately need more free time to ignite their imaginations and develop a sense of wonder.
The back seat of a car on a family trip is where children used to look out of the window and let their imaginations wander into imaginary worlds. All too often today, however, they are sucked into screens and disconnected from what actually surrounds them.
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