Your smartphone addiction is making your children unhappy
I asked a group of 11 year olds how their parents' smartphone habits made them feel, and what they would like to say...
07
Oct
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05
Aug
When’s the right age to get a smartphone?
It's a hotly debated topic and the question I get asked the most when I talk to parents and children in schools on...
13
Jun
Is It Time To Rethink Smartphones in Schools?
As we get to the end of another school year I'm getting more involved with in-school discussions on what smartphone policies should be for the...
07
Apr
Wellness in the Age of the Smartphone
How is the rise of mobile technology impacting our wellbeing and health? Published this week 'Wellness in the Age of the Smartphone' attempts to begin...
01
Mar
Digital detox for kids [PODCAST]
I recently recorded a podcast on the subject of digital detox for kids with The Parent Hood, looking at how to manage screen time healthily...
05
Feb
The tech industry needs to step up
On Safer Internet Day, everyone in the tech industry, not just those working in e-safety, needs to ask if they are doing enough to keep children safe...
04
Jan
Parents and schools must work together to tackle social media pressures on children
A report published by the Children’s Commissioner for England ‘Life in Likes’, shows that primary school children are ill prepared for the increasing...
16
Aug
The truth about children and smartphones
The issue of children and smartphones raised its head this week with an emotive headline in US magazine Atlantic 'Have smartphones destroyed a generation?' The timing...
19
May
UK children and parents being failed by lack of screentime guidelines
As part of the programme of talks I do in UK schools to children and their parents I can be guaranteed that I...