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Is Technology Sapping Children's Creativity?

Washington Post

There has not been time to reflect on how this cascading influx of technology is affecting us all or to study the potentially far ranging influence it is having on our children. While electronic games for young children are flooding the market (72 percent of iTunes' top-selling "education" apps are designed for preschoolers and elementary school children), the research on their impact is scant.

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