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'It's getting out of hand': Should children have their own phone?

School is back in earnest, and many primary schools are wrestling with pupils’ love for their smartphones. Some schools, as we’ve covered on this programme, choose to ban them. But is banning them a futile exercise in a world where social media is ubiquitous?    Kieran was joined by Colman Noctor, child and adolescent psychotherapist to discuss...

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17.23 13 Sep 2023


'It's getting out of hand': Should children have their own phone?


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17.23 13 Sep 2023


School is back in earnest, and many primary schools are wrestling with pupils’ love for their smartphones. Some schools, as we’ve covered on this programme, choose to ban them. But is banning them a futile exercise in a world where social media is ubiquitous? 

 

Kieran was joined by Colman Noctor, child and adolescent psychotherapist to discuss...


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