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Sommerfeld: Win the war, not just the battle, with your kids

Lorraine Sommerfeld March 15, 2010

It's bad enough that cellphones are used as giant pacifiers for adults. Raising a bunch of kids to only respond to the bribe of instant gratification through wireless Internet is just wrong.

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