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Don’t panic! How to embrace screen time for a creative future

Issue 1344

Don’t panic! How to embrace screen time for a creative future

‘Screen time’ might be fairly new to the lexicon, but a play gap is certainly growing. As the new LEGO movie is released, traditional toys – like the world’s favourite building block – are losing out to devices. But is it really game over? We investigate in this week’s Big Issue.

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