Parents are increasingly trading smartphones for basic cell phones to ensure their children's safety and reduce internet exposure.

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In a bid to shield children from the pitfalls of excessive screen time and the addictive grip of social media, the UK government is mulling over new legislation that could reshape how young people use ...

I have two children, one 9-year-old and one 7-year-old, and I'm not planning to give them smartphones until they leave home. I worry about three main things when it comes to children using ...

Experts on the impact of digital technologies argue that the legislation could end up shutting children out from the potential benefits of smartphones, and that more pressure should be put on ...

SOUTH African parents have taken a stand against giving smartphones to children in primary school, getting the thumbs up from Childline KZN and resulting in the launch of South Africa's first-ever ...

The debate around kids and smartphones has been rumbling on for about as long as they have been in existence. But this so-called Smartphone Free Childhood “pact” currently gaining momentum ...

After what has felt like a long time, the adults have started standing up to the stranglehold of the smartphone and the negative effect it’s having on young children. In Hertfordshire ...

But are parents or guardians aware of the dangers that smartphones expose our young ones to? According to a poll done by BBC, one in every five children had seen things on their gadgets that had ...

Phones and iPads are embedded into childhoods for many families, with data showing that a quarter of children aged five to seven own their own smartphone. With the explosion of the tech ...

The amount of time children are spending on smartphones and the apps they’re spending that time on are causing them harm. And not just harm in the obvious ways like to their mental health ...