New findings show that 82% of primary school-aged children have unsupervised access to smart devices in their bedrooms.
Of the 32% of children who admitted to having beenIn conversations conducted with respondents as part of the survey, many children admitted that they slept with their phone under their pillows.Clinical psychologist and adjunct associate professor at UCD Dr David Coleman told Newstalk Breakfast that many parents are “genuinely“There are also parents who are completely negligent in terms of how they’re approaching the issue,” he said.
“But as soon as you let your child online unsupervised, you’re letting strangers have access to them.”, Dr Coleman said to never give a primary school child a smartphone. “If you want to have something to contact them, if they’re walking home from school and son on and you want to have an old flip phone or whatever it might be, that’s fine,” he said.“The second thing is there’s no reason for your child to ever have their phone in the bedroom – not during the day, not at nighttime.Family board game. Image: Rightdisc / Alamy. 28 June 2020
Dr Coleman said it is also important to engage your children in conversation about what they are seeing online. “A non-judgemental conversation means that if they do come across something that distresses them, then they’re much more likely to come and tell you about it,” he said.Dr Coleman will be hosting a free online internet safety event alongside the CEO of CyberSafeKids Alex Cooney on Wednesday, February 26th.
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