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    Distracted parents may even be putting their children at risk of physical harm, Dr. Steiner-Adair says. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control found a 12-per-cent spike in injuries to children under 5 between 2007 and 2010, after a long decline. The years coincide with the crash of the American economy, but also with the infancy of the iPhone

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galen  ·  2473 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ooh I like this game

    The years coincide with the infancy of the iPhone, but also with the introduction of Amazon's Kindle

    The years coincide with the introduction of Amazon's Kindle, but also with Barack Obama's election and first 2 years in office

    The years coincide with Barack Obama's election and first 2 years in office, but also with the 2007-2011 Belgian political crisis.

    The years coincide with with the 2007-2011 Belgian political crisis, but also with the composition and release of Susan Collins' Hunger Games trilogy.
ButterflyEffect  ·  2473 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The years coincide with with the 2007-2011 Belgian political crisis, but also with the composition and release of Susan Collins' Hunger Games trilogy.

This one is reasonable.

WanderingEng  ·  2473 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The years coincide with the composition and release of Susan Collins' Hunger Games trilogy but also with the airing of The Tudors, a drama about the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII.

    The years coincide with the airing of The Tudors, a drama about the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII but also with the phase-in period of EPA regulation 40 CFR Parts 69, 80, and 86.

This game is fun.

WanderingEng  ·  2473 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've been thinking about the bit you quoted for a couple hours, and I finally read the whole article. It kind of makes me angry, because parents have been finding ways to tune out their children long before the smartphone came along. The article tries to explain that this time it's different, but I'm not convinced.

One of my mom's favorite stories is putting me in a baby walker like this:

She swears the moment she turned her back zoom I went down the stairs ha ha ha. I hate that story.