October Online Safety Newsletter - Mobile phones: do you know the risks?
1st October 2024
In the October Online Safety Newsletter, there is a super section on delaying the age that children should be given smart phones.
I am currently reading a book called 'The Anxious Generation' by Jonathan Haidt and have really gotten my eyes open to the detrimental effects of a 'phoned-based' childhood versus a 'play-based' childhood.
Please take some time to read the material on the Smartphone Free Childhood website. The premise is...
"Parents have been put in an impossible position...
We either...Give our children access to an adult product that opens the door to harmful content, addictive algorithms and the anxiety machine that is social media.
Or we...Risk alienating them from their peers at a crucial stage of their development.
It’s a lose-lose for parents, children and society.
Join the mission to fix it."
Mrs Gormley ICT Coordinator
