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Don't panic - five ways to stop your kids' endless scrolling
Parenting experts share their tips on how to keep children's screen time under control.
July 15, 2026Tech Life
The impact screen time is having on younger children.
July 7, 2026New video game console aims to get kids moving
The Nex Playground will cost £269 (€319) when it is released on 22 June in the UK and Ireland.
June 20, 2026Social media as bad for young people as smoking, top doctors say
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges says doctors should routinely check on screen time and social media use when seeing younger patients.
May 26, 2026Los Angeles becomes first major US school district to limit classroom screen time
The school district, which serves about half a million students, is looking to reduce its reliance on devices after the pandemic.
April 22, 2026Fewer UK adults posting on social media, Ofcom finds
Some experts believe it highlights a social media shift as platforms boost short video.
April 2, 2026UK joins global push to rein in children's screen use with national guidance - reuters.com
UK joins global push to rein in children's screen use with national guidance reuters.com
March 27, 2026Don't panic - five ways to stop your kids' endless scrolling
Parenting experts share their tips on how to keep children's screen time under control.
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Don't panic - five ways to stop your kids' endless scrolling
If you're a parent, you may have breathed a sigh of relief - or perhaps frustration - at the UK government's plans to implement an overnight social media curfew for 16 and 17-year-olds. It would see
Too young to scroll?
World Service,·07 Jul 2026,·26 mins Available for over a year What is a good age to give a child a smartphone? A community in Ireland might have the answer. In Greystones there's a voluntary agreeme
New video game console aims to get kids moving
The company behind the UK's newest video game console is not concerned with the latest state-of-the-art graphics. Instead David Lee, the chief executive of American technology firm Nex, tells me its
Fewer UK adults posting on social media, Ofcom finds
Fewer adults in the UK are posting, commenting on, or sharing material on social media - while AI use is up and the majority of people worry about their screentime - according to Ofcom. Across the UK
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Don't panic - five ways to stop your kids' endless scrolling
If you're a parent, you may have felt somewhat validated by the US court ruling that Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media platforms that harmed the mental health of a young woman