Only emotional intelligence can save children

Only emotional intelligence can save children from online gambling

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/01/children-online-gambling-addiction-digital?

"Children are being deprived of the time and opportunity to develop social skills by overuse of social media. Real-world conflict resolution skills are not developed by blocking someone as a friend on Facebook or avoiding an awkward face-to-face conversation by texting. We cannot learn to tolerate natural separation anxieties if we constantly message and track those we love with our smartphones. We do not develop a strong sense of self if, instead of time for self-reflection, we feed ourselves an endless diet of bite-sized information and others’ opinions."

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