The best toys for children are the ones that encourage them to engage with their parents or other caregivers, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. (Dreamstime/TNS)
The holiday shopping season is underway, and the nation's paediatricians have some advice for the parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and others who plan to buy cutting-edge digital toys for the young children in their lives: Don't do it.
Sure, these toys may promise to boost a little one's brain development, or to give them a head start in school. They may come in packages that feature endorsements from "experts". In all likelihood, they come with a price tag that implies they are of great value.
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