Childhood ‘poisoned by modern world’
Childhood is being lost to a dangerous combination of junk food, marketing and video games, experts warned today.
A group of 110 teachers, psychologists, children’s authors and other experts have written to the Daily Telegraph urging the Government to act, warning children are being poisoned by the modern world.
“They need what developing human beings have always needed, including real food (as opposed to processed “junk”), real play (as opposed to sedentary, screen based entertainment), first hand experience of the world they live in and regular interaction with the real-life significant adults in their lives.