PM says he is alarmed at reports about children’s screen time and has shifted position on Australian-style policyUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told MPs he is open to the idea of an Australian-style ban on social media for young people after becoming concerned about the amount of time children and teenagers are spending on their phones.The prime minister told Labour MPs on Monday evening he had become alarmed at reports about five-year-olds spending hours in front of screens each day, as well as increasingly worried about the damage social media is doing to under-16s. Continue reading... Politics
Screen time for young people can have a number of cognitive effects Politics
Researchers say toddlers who spend more time watching screens score lower on vocabulary tests Events
Excessive screen time can have a number of cognitive effects. Politics
The first-ever state guidance will be published in April Events
The first-ever state guidance will be published in April Society
Educators and state legislators across the nation are pushing to banish smartphones from the classroom as evidence mounts that compulsive tech use is harming young people, reports Io Dodds Politics
Actor and comedian Amy Schumer has revealed she never lets her son play with her phone or watch YouTube, as she joined Oprah Winfrey to discuss the importance of limiting children’s screen time. Politics
Charity warns of an information ‘blind spot’ about the potential consequences of long periods of screen time on young children Events
Children need less screen time, less sugar, more exercise and sleep, and properly resourced schools so teachers have the time to treat them as individuals Society
