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During the holidays, the kids are off from school, so they might be enjoying some extra screentime. It’s a reality many parents begrudgingly accept. But is time spent playing online games always a cause for concern? On The Sunday Story, host Ayesha Rascoe (whose kids are spending a lot of time lately playing Roblox, Minecraft and Fortnite) sits down with researcher Eli Stark-Elster to clear up some misconceptions around the harms of screentime.<\/p>\n
This podcast episode was produced by Justine Yan. The original segment was produced by Dave Blanchard and edited by Hadeel Al-Shalchi. Mastering by Jimmy Keeley.<\/p>\n
We’d love to hear from you. Send us an email at TheSundayStory@npr.org.<\/p>\n
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