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Parents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushback

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More parents are picking smartwatches to communicate with their young children while delaying the introduction of smartphones. PHOTO: ST FILE SINGAPORE – Ms Shirley Ng’s eldest daughter received her first mobile phone when she turned nine, but her second daughter, Alysandra, now the same age, is not getting the same privilege. Instead, she was given a children’s smartwatch, allowing her parents to track her whereabouts and exchange quick messages via its built-in Sim card without the need for a phone. Unlike with a smartphone, Ms Ng, 45, can set aside worries about addictive and harmful online content Alysandra might be…

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