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Don’t Buy a Fitness Tracker for Your Kid
They do more harm than good, research shows
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7 min readNov 27, 2019
UNICEF, the United Nations agency devoted to delivering aid to kids around the world, now makes a fitness tracker for American children. Called the “Kid Power Band,” the smart bracelet petitions kids to get active with an unconventional incentive: If they complete enough…