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Sue Palmer

The Montessori Society AMI UK

Annual Seminar

Suitable for teachers, parents, students and anyone involved in the lives of young children.
Doors open 9.45. Seminar starts 10.30, ends 1pm.
The cost is £45 (Montessori Society members £35) and includes light refreshments.

Venue: Hampstead Town Hall, London NW3 4QP

Is Too Much Screen Time Damaging our Children?

Sue Palmer - Saturday 30th January 2010
We seem to be raising a screen-age generation. Recent surveys of the amount of time the average British child spends in screen-based activity ranges from 5 to 9.5 hours. There is no doubt that technology is exciting - it makes our lives easier and allows us to do the most amazing things. But what is it doing to our children? Might 'junk play' and 'junk culture' be as damaging for our children's minds as junk food has proved to be for their bodies? Sue Palmer, renowned writer, broadcaster and consultant on the education of young children talks about how many scientists and educators are becoming uneasy about the levels of screen-based activity that our children are exposed to - might too much too soon be causing more  problems than it solves?

 

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