Smartphones are everywhere and kids are getting their hands on them at a younger age According to various studies nearly half of children own a smartphone by age 11 and this number continues to grow T ...

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 ...

Smartphones have worked their way deep into our lives and have become indispensable for work and socialising. Unsurprisingly, many children want them too, but here we are much less sure of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...