The children’s commissioner has warned parents that they must intervene to stop their children overusing social media and consuming time online “like junk food”. “It’s something that every parent will talk about especially during school holidays – that children are in danger of seeing social media like sweeties, and their online time like junk food,” she said. “When phones, social media and games make us feel worried, stressed and out of control, it means we haven’t got the balance right. The internet overtook television as the top media pastime for British children last year, according to the media regulator Ofcom. But we do think there is a role here for parents to step up, to stop waiting for others to come up with the solution, be that government or [social media] companies.

Source: The Guardian August 05, 2017 20:26 UTC