Parents use smartphones like a digital dummy, say heads

Computers and smartphones have become a "digital dummy" used by parents to pacify their children, says a head teachers' leader. National Association of Head Teachers' president Bernadette Hunter said children were left unmonitored in their rooms at night playing on electronic devices. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22571888#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa