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In reversal, kids nag parents to step away from their phones, laptops

Parents have long been worried about how much time their children spend online. But if you ask the children, mom and dad are the ones who can’t turn away from the screen.

By Beth Teitell

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 08, 2012

Forever, the screen-time battles between parents and children have gone decidedly in one direction, with the mothers and fathers nagging and threatening, and the kids fighting to stay connected to their digital devices. But guess which family members are disgusted now? The kids. “You can’t get my mom off that phone,’’ said Lucas Finzi, 7, a Brookline second-grader.

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