23 h. ago Primary school bans smartphones after 9,000 messages sent in just one night in children's WhatsApp group

Shocked at the discovery, executive headteacher Simon Botten started a debate with parents on whether smartphones should be allowed in schools - and now pupils can't bring them in at all.

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59 h. ago Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues

A federal judge has barred state officials from enforcing a Florida law that would ban social media accounts for young children, while a legal challenge against the law plays out

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3 d. ago ‘It’s so boring’: Gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids

Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behindLast week, former elementary school teacher Spencer Russell posed a question to parents who follow his Instagram account, Toddlers Can Read: “Why aren’t you reading aloud to your kids?”The responses, which Russell shared with the Guardian, ranged from embarrassed to annoyed to angry. “It’s so boring,” said one parent. “I don’t have time,” said another. One mother wrote in: “I don’t enjoy reading myself.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘It’s so boring’: gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids – and educators are worried

Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behindLast week, former elementary school teacher Spencer Russell posed a question to parents who follow his Instagram account, Toddlers Can Read: “Why aren’t you reading aloud to your kids?”The responses, which Russell shared with the Guardian, ranged from embarrassed to annoyed to angry. “It’s so boring,” said one parent. “I don’t have time,” said another. One mother wrote in: “I don’t enjoy reading myself.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Kids will develop 25.4 million more cavities if fluoride is banned nationwide, study finds

Fluoride has been used in public drinking water systems across the country since 1945

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6 d. ago Parents debate how much screen time kids should have and 'ban' one thing

A parent has sparked a lively debate online after revealing they won't be allowing their two-month-old baby to watch television for the first two years of their life

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6 d. ago How much screen time is too much for kids? Parents share strategies and concerns

A new parent has sparked a debate online after asking other mums and dads how many hours they allow their child to watch TV or play on a iPad or tablet

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6 d. ago Exact amount of screen time NHS recommends based on kids' ages

A mum has sparked a debate online after telling parents that she refuses to let her child have any screen time until she's at least two years old - and she's not the only one

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6 d. ago When Will Covent Garden’s Wimbledon Screens Return For 2025? Big Screen Dates and Events in Central London

When Will Covent Garden’s Wimbledon Screens Return For 2025? Big Screen Dates and Events in Central London  Time Out

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6 d. ago I swapped gentle parenting for a French approach for a week — this is what happened

As a new public health call in France suggests screen time for under sixes should be axed, mum of two Eilidh Dorgan tries it out to see if a less British approach to parenting can bring harmony to her home

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6 d. ago I swapped gentle parenting for a French approach for a week — here's what happened

As a new public health call in France suggests screen time for under sixes should be axed, mum of two Eilidh Dorgan tries it out to see if a less British approach to parenting can bring harmony to her home

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6 d. ago NHS breakdown of exactly how much screen time your children should have by age

The NHS has set out its recommendations when it comes to how much time children should spend in front of a screen based on their age - but some parents argue it's more about what they're consuming online

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3 w. ago Taskmaster's Alex Horne reveals which star donned flashy leotard for Channel 4 show

The Horne Section TV Show has returned for its second series, with creator Alex Horne sharing the screen with his actual wife for the first time - and a Strictly Come Dancing star.

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3 w. ago The one change that worked: I started sketching – and stopped doomscrolling

Drawing pictures of my family, pets and strangers has made me a calmer, happier person – and given me a tender record of my lifeI’ve always battled with phone use. I resent how much my sense of being alive in the world – feeling it, doing things, making stuff happen – is affected by my screen time. So a few years ago, I decided to do a sketch every day.I had always wanted to draw, but I was embarrassed about starting out because I was so bad at it. Then I bought a few black notebooks: a small one for my jacket pocket, and larger ones for my bedside and for the kitchen table. As no one would ever see my drawings, I decided I didn’t need to care about what anyone thought. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Screen time rewires your child’s brain – here’s what you can do about it

Scans show screen time can change the brain’s physical structure and pathways

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3 w. ago Neighbors outraged after city bans kids from playing in the street

Police in Xenia, Ohio, revealed whether they will enforce the ordinances of kids playing in the street as kids will be out of school and ready to play outside.

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3 w. ago Screen time warning to parents as quarter of UK families eat dinner in silence

New research has prompted warnings for parents to consider spending more quality time with their children over dinner after a study found that conversations have been swapped for mobiles during meals

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4 w. ago ‘There’s a battle going on for the soul of America’: actor Lennie James on political turmoil, zombie terrors and being a black Brit in the US

As part of a Bafta TV special, the nominated actor and Walking Dead regular on bringing Bernardine Evaristo’s hit novel Mr Loverman to the small screen, and splitting his time between London and LAHe is almost 40 years into his career, but Lennie James is still keeping things fresh. The 59-year-old south Londoner has run the gauntlet of high-octane TV dramas, playing Morgan Jones for more than 10 years in the wildly successful apocalypse drama The Walking Dead and its spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead; bent copper DCI Tony Gates in Line of Duty; and the down-and-out philanderer Nelly Rowe in Sky’s Save Me. In person, though, James is the polar opposite of the characters he is best known for – considered, introspective and disarmingly earnest.Last year, he took on a radically different role, as Barrington (below) in the BBC adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel Mr Loverman, a closeted Windrush-generation Caribbean man in a secret relationship with his best friend. Quietly moving, it...

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4 w. ago Screen time is 'killing the family dinner chat', survey shows

Children are having to tell their parents to put their phones down at the table too 👀

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