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| The Newborn-to-Toddler Apptivity Seat for iPad sold by toy maker Fisher-Price is seen in an undated handout photo received December 10, 2013. [PHOTO: REUTERS] |
BOSTON: An American advocacy group has called on toy maker Fisher-Price to stop selling a baby seat designed to hold an iPad at the front, saying the product encourages parents to leave infants alone to watch screens that could be harmful.
The bouncy seat with an iPad holder is the "ultimate electronic babysitter" and blocks a baby's view of the world, undermining the child's interaction with caregivers, said the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, based in Boston, in a statement.
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