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" On the one hand, parents want their children to swim expertly in the digital stream that they will have to navigate all their lives; on the other hand, they fear that too much digital media, too early, will sink them. "

Hanna Rosin

Fear

Parents

Media

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Hanna Rosin

Pop Culture

Subconscious

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