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Nine innocuous signs your child is addicted to social media
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (684+ words) When the news broke this week that under 16s would be banned from social media sites like Tik Tok, Instagram and Snapchat, children were in uproar. When one Lancashire schoolgirl was asked what she would do without her social accounts, her…...
Should social media be banned for adults, too? Readers discuss
2+ day, 56+ min ago (815+ words) Regarding the forthcoming ban on under-16s accessing social media (Metro Talk, Tue) " as obscure pop act'Halo James sang in 1990, Could Have Told You So" I don't think social media does a lot of adults much good, either, mind you. You…...
Starmer announces Australia-style social media ban for under-16s
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (42+ words) Watch: Starmer announces Australia-style social media ban for under-16s Metro. co. uk Video: Starmer announces Australia-style social media ban for under-16s The Prime Minister said social media was making children 'unhappy', and could be 'harming their mental health'....
Thousands of kids force Putin to back down over Roblox ban
1+ week, 2+ day ago (21+ words) The Russian government has announced a U-turn on a ban on gaming platform Roblox after complaints from thousands of children....
Supernanny calls for 'self-control' urging parents not to discuss this topic
2+ week, 1+ day ago (890+ words) Supernanny Jo Frost has shared some controversial advice over her 35-year career, from the famous "naughty step, to the claim that electric toothbrushes are "disabling children. But her latest nugget of wisdom has got parents agreeing with her. According to…...
UK considering banning kids from speaking to strangers in Fortnite and Roblox
2+ week, 5+ day ago (562+ words) A proposed social media ban for children in the UK could affect gaming platforms like Fortnite and Roblox, suggests online safety minister Kanishka Narayan." Concerns around online safety on gaming platforms have escalated over recent years, with the likes of…...
I'm sick of parents bragging about how spoiled their kids are
2+ week, 5+ day ago (900+ words) The image, posted by an acquaintance, showed their kitchen table, covered with around twenty immaculately wrapped presents for their daughter." Behind the presents there was a huge balloon arch and light box that read "Birthday ready!" In fact, there were…...
He told me I had to be hairless " I told him I wasn't a child
3+ week, 19+ hour ago (1111+ words) But that amount of ignorance was not going to get this man laid. It was 2020, I was sitting on my sofa, watching Married At First Sight with a man I had been on two dates with, but hadn't yet slept…...
'Hopeless catch-22' for young people with job opportunities in freefall
3+ week, 2+ day ago (224+ words) A new report from former Health Secretary Alan Milburn sets out the reasons for the growing crisis of young people not in education, work or training....
The 'misogynistic' phrases parents need to look out for " especially with boys
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1313+ words) If you've got a young daughter in school there's a one in four chance that she's been called a degrading name online. If you've got a young son, there's a 57% chance he's been guilty of calling a girl in his…...