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Parents using their smart phones should be given some slack

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New research on mobile phones suggests bad parenting is ‘rarely to do with mobile phone use’ and ‘sensible phone use’ could actually make them better parents.

Lyn Vernon from Edith Cowan University is part of the research team and told Oly about the benefits of using phones as a parenting tool.

Oliver Peterson
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