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with a storyline they have
seen on TV, rather than come
up with one themselves.”
David Wright, owner of
Paint Pots Nursery group in
Southampton, said:
“Children are not
allowed to be bored
any more. [They]
expect to be enter-
tained in some way,
so they’re receiving
content either from a
tablet or a TV, and that
diminishes their ability to
then use their imagination.”
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children have pretend pals
than five years ago.
And 63% of those ques-
tioned said they think
screens are making children
less imaginative.
Daynurseries.
co.uk polled 1,
nursery workers.
Psychology
lecturer Dr Paige
Davis, of York St
John University, said
modern technology has
changed the way children
play in general.
She said: “For example,
children may play a game
BY ALISON KERSHAW
Screentime is
killing off kids’
imaginary pal
IMAGINARY friends are
becoming less common as
children spend more time
looking at screens,
according to nursery staff.
Almost two thirds who
were surveyed felt tablets and
television are making chil-
dren less imaginative.
That is because they often
have little time to be bored or
left to their own devices,
industry leaders suggested.
Nearly half (48%) said chil-
dren at their nursery have
imaginary friends.
But 72% agreed that fewer
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in Hong Kong..
BLAST Water
cannon target
protesters
A DEFIANT protester carrying an umbrella faces
down a riot officer amid fresh chaos in Hong Kong.
One policeman fired his gun yesterday after
being cornered by a gang wielding metal poles.
The pro-democracy protests are the latest in a
three-month campaign sparked by calls to scrap a
hated suspended extradition bill.
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