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[email protected] • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 inside Paddington: A CAMPUS classic stuffed bear • Texas A&M at Qatar hosts international brings home plenty math workshop of laughter P | 4 P 8-9 | PARENTING • Today’s parents are much too hard on themselves P | 6 BOOKS • Ant-Man #1: Spencer aims to deliver an accessible fighter P | 7 HEALTH • Paleo diet attracts many, but scientists find it hard to swallow P | 11 TECHNOLOGY • Google Translate update seeks to break language barrier CHILDREN’S P | 12 LEARN ARABIC • Learn commonly APP TRENDS used Arabic words The trends for 2015: How your kids might be playing, and their meanings learning and creating on devices this year, as well as how those apps may get them out in the real world. P | 13 2 PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 COVER STORY By Stuart Dredge playing, but usually games intended any children are for adults. growing up with apps This has understandably put and digital media as many parents off any app that uses Mpart of their lives, in-app purchases, but in 2015 we’ll alongside reading, physical play, see more actual children’s apps television and other forms of that use the model responsibly: as Children’s entertainment and learning. a way for parents to check if an Plenty of companies, from the app is suitable and enjoyable for biggest children’s brands to brand their child before choosing which new technology startups, are bits to pay for. app trends for exploring the potential of tablets Existing examples: Endless and apps for kids, so what do they Wordplay, which sells packs of have in store for 2015? Here are words to practise spelling, or Nosy some of the key trends for parents Crow Jigsaws, which sells puzzles to look out for.