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Jerry Hildenbrand

Smartphone addiction is real, and it can be terrible

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I'm going to forego the usual light-hearted weekend banter today, because I want to talk about something I just met head-on, didn't know much about, as learned how terrifying it can be. I'm talking about smartphone addiction.

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