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Are we strict enough on children’s screen use?

A third of children say that they can use screens “whenever they want”. This comes after new ...

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11.36 17 Oct 2025


Are we strict enough on children’s screen use?


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11.36 17 Oct 2025


A third of children say that they can use screens “whenever they want”. This comes after new research carried out by CyberSafeKids asked children aged between eight and twelve years of age about their screentime habits.

With children having access to screens, be it laptops, tablets, phones and TV: do we try to minimise their usage ,or is it an easy life just to leave them to their own devices (literally)?

So, do you minimise your child’s screen time?

Lecturer in Psychology and author of ’Perfectly Imperfect Parenting: Connection Not Perfection’, Dr Mary O’Kane and listeners join Andrea to discuss.


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