Petition calling for the ban of sales for Under-14s already has hundreds of signatures
The growing grassroots social campaign comes alongside the Irish Mirror revealing last week that the Government will be introducing a plan for a ban in schools in the coming weeks.
One of the parents, Susan McKeever, spoke to the Mirror last night about the reasons she launched the campaign, adding that: "All parents are seeing, everyone knows they should not be used by kids.""We know that smartphones are making kids more anxious, more prone to depression, less healthy and active.
"Children need the chance to enjoy the innocence of childhood, without the pressures of social media, relentless screen time and ‘always-on’ culture."Let's break the pattern of it being ‘normal’ for kids to have to get their own smartphone.