BBC: by Patrick Howse —

Overuse of baby equipment and electronic screens can impede the physical and emotional development of under-threes, a charity has warned.

What About The Children? (Watch?) says modern lifestyles could be harming infant brains.

It highlights strapping small children into pushchairs, and the increased use of smartphones and tablets as being particularly damaging.

It says these could have an impact in later life.

Watch? promotes the importance of secure attachment in the early years and the vital role that loving care plays in brain development.

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Social interaction… is not happening if a child is in a forward-facing buggy and her mum is using her smartphone”

Sally Goddard BlytheInstitute for Neuro Physiological Psychology

It is holding a conference in London today focused on how the first three years of life shape a child’s emotional, physical and mental health “forever”.

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