Would you give your eight year old a smartphone?

Should children be banned from social media?

How much screen time is too much?

As parents in a digital world, we ask ourselves these questions all the time, and there never seems to be a right answer. But in today’s episode I am joined by Justine Roberts CBE, the founder of Mumsnet, to discuss these very issues.

Justine shares her insights on the relationship between children and tech, what Mumsnet are doing it about it, and she makes a very exciting announcement - you heard it here first, and you do not want to miss this!

So pour yourself a cuppa, find a comfy seat, and enjoy the conversation…

More About Justine & Mumsnet:

Mumsnet: https://www.mumsnet.com/ 

Rage Against the Screen: https://www.mumsnet.com/news/rage-against-the-screen 

The Other phone: https://www.mumsnet.com/articles/the-other-phone 

Highlights from this episode:

02:07 - Mums don’t get training

06:07 - The taboo of weight loss drugs

10:38 - Are parenting experts part of the problem?

14:18 - Rage Against the Screen

19:56 - AI’s impact on the brain

22:35 - The addictive algorithms of social media

26:21 - The Other phone

30:54 - More parents are taking their kids’ phone away

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