The author discusses how they are hoping to avoid giving their tween a smartphone for as long as possible.Whether you’re a parent, educator, you work with kids or just have an interest in the lives of young people, you’ve probably already seen the most talked-about – and genuinely outstanding – TV show of the year so far.Adolescenceon Netflix, co-written by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, has provoked extensive public debate – not to mention praise in the House of Commons from the Prime Minister – about how to tackle the damage that smartphones and social media can cause to young people’s lives.I’m the parent of a soon-to-be 13-year-old. Before she started Year 7 last September, everyone told me she had
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