Looking at our societal crisis from the standpoint of economists is a futile, and actually distractive, error.

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Beppe Grillo, the leader of the Five Star Movement, is too distractive.

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Although every child has different emotional needs, the distractive effect of such devices may lead some children to feel neglected and lose emotional connections to their parents.

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