According to a recent study, one in ten boys aged 11-14 with their own smartphone are seeing harmful content within just 60 seconds of being online. Read more on Grazia...
Going back just a couple of generations, the moral quandary of the appropriate age to give your child a smartphone wasn’t even an issue. Now, with every school year it seems like children are having their own device from a younger and younger age.No Such Things As Naughty, we’re all anxiously taking steps to reduce our screen time after noticing the negative impact that it’s having on our sleep, sense of self, attention and mental health.
Parenting is a constant battle of trying to do what’s right for your child. On the one hand, it’s difficult to know that your child is getting picked on and feeling left out because they can’t stay in touch with their friends who all have a smartphone. On the other, the earlier that your child gets a phone, the sooner they are exposed to the dangers of the internet.
Not only that, but 69% of the children questioned admitted to seeing content that portrayed negative attitudes towards women and girls, whilst 55% viewed content that made them feel bad about themselves. What’s even more devastating is that this negative content was often seen following innocent or unrelated searches.
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