I received a smartphone for Christmas in 2013, and even in a crowded field, I think it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. It arrived when I was a stay at home mum to four young kids, aged between nine and nine months, and when my youngest had started taking a long nap in the afternoons. With my third child at nursery for two days a week, and …
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