In 2013’s underrated The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, famous photographer Sean O’Connell (played by Sean Penn) watches a rare snow leopard in the Afghan Himalayas, camera in hand. Walter Mitty—who’s traveled literally halfway around the world to find Sean—wonders why he’s not actually taking a picture of the elusive creature.
Plenty has been written about the ways excessive screen time and social media engagement may harm adolescents. But what about babies who are given screens to pacify them? What might using a digital pacifier inadvertently be doing to slow their cognitive development?
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