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Can Kids Digitally Detox?

Alex Cooney, CEO of CyberSafeKids, and Conor Murphy, an English teacher in Skibbereen sit down wi...

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10.00 14 Dec 2024


Can Kids Digitally Detox?


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Alex Cooney, CEO of CyberSafeKids, and Conor Murphy, an English teacher in Skibbereen sit down with Anton as a new programme on Channel 4 follows a group of Year 8 pupils in school in the UK as they lock their phones in a glass cube for three weeks. They are about 12 years of age. As TV crews track this digital detox, is this the right approach? With kids now looking at countless notifications and even disturbing access to pornography, how can we help our kids reduce their addiction to having a phone in their hand?


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