Charlene White Instagram – “In all the debate about smartphone use and children are a group of people desperately hoping for some sort of consensus from the grown-ups: parents of primary school-aged children,” writes Charlene White. “So that we aren’t just left to try to work out what’s right and what’s wrong for our kids when it comes to smartphones, while government officials, education bodies and tech companies argue amongst themselves.”
“For parents like me, whose children are too young for phones, we don’t have to ride the rollercoaster of fear over what the right thing to do with our children’s smartphone use is. Should they be able to use them in school, for example? Are we putting enough safeguards in place to protect them online?
“We are all just hoping that by that point, those in charge will take their fingers out of their ears and tell us what to do, instead of leaving us to scramble around in the dark looking for the button that ensures our kids go through their teenage years without being damaged emotionally and psychologically by smartphone features, the internet and online content.”
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