Kids For Now

We are a group of parents supporting each other to delay smartphones and social media across the UK.

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So all we are talking about is raising that age by a couple of years. What difference will it make if the law is widely ignored and not enforced?

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Legislation already exists which says children under 13 are not allowed on social media but many parents allow their underage child to have social media and the police do nothing. Why is that? #BBCQT

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@GMB Give them a mobile phone without internet. A feature phone. Not a smartphone. It's critical we make this distinction.

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#socialmedia #childmentalhealth #onlinesafety #parenting

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Kids for Now put together this video to show some of the things we've come across that have strengthened our resolve to delay smartphones. Please watch and share. Warning: Contains upsetting stuff. #smartphonefreechildhood #delaysmartphones #kidsfornow https://t.co/oaAUWHehu5

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#Scotland #DelaySmartphones #SmartphoneFreeChildhood #WaitUntil8th #ChildrensMentalHealth #OnlineSafety #Schools #Parenting #SocialMedia

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A World Health Organization report finds that Scotland has seen a doubling of problematic social media use among teenage girls, from 11% in 2018 to 22% in 2022 and the highest rate of gaming in boys, age 12-15 in all of Europe. https://t.co/DsBMZmV5ox

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A World Health Organization report finds that Scotland has seen a doubling of problematic social media use among teenage girls, from 11% in 2018 to 22% in 2022 and the highest rate of gaming in boys, age 12-15 in all of Europe. https://t.co/DsBMZmV5ox

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

This, from the brilliant Steve Cutts, is…stunning.

https://t.co/GLAUw1kWHh

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This is exciting. We are in talks with industry professionals. Please help us by sharing your views on safe phones in the UK using the link below. It’s anonymous and takes less than 2 minutes! Please also share widely.
Thank you! Sam. https://t.co/TnzBRffPcw

[BBC Woman's Hour @BBCWomansHour]

‘I hear a lot of: ‘Boys are like dogs. All they need is exercise and food’. That’s quite limiting’

BoyMum author @ruthwhippman told @bbcnuala about some of the ways she thinks people parent boys and why we should nurture them emotionally ⬇️

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https://t.co/httVYXJZD2 #delaysmartphones #smartphonefreechildhood #childrensmentalhealth #onlinesafety

[Teched Off @TechedoffUK]

Would our young people give their own kids a smartphone?

Let's listen carefully to them - the people who have been most affected - then decide what's best for future generations.

Make a difference here 👉 https://t.co/C8IzWWz5jR

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Huge increase in child-on-child sexual abuse. 12 and 13 year olds gang-raping each other is becoming common in the news. This is because children are seeing hardcore violent p0rn online from a young age on smartphones. We have to end this now. https://t.co/JZjsIb36yk

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#bbcdn its not time to ban mobile phones from the classroom, its time to ban smartphones from the classroom. Do you know the difference?

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#bbcdn kids don't need smartphones. They are addictive and dangerous. They only need a basic phone without internet for safety and communication. We need to raise awareness of the very real dangers of smartphones and the alternatives available

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For far too long we've been letting kids down, putting them at great risk of grooming and exploitation online by saying the same things, talk to them, teach them how to be safe. Its not working. Its time to acknowledge that parents can take action and delay smartphones now #bbcdn

[Teched Off @TechedoffUK]

It's time to listen when our kids are saying things like this:

I can't control it
I wish I'd never had a phone
I wish I was drawing or playing outside
I've been wasting so much time

We can help them now 👉 https://t.co/C8IzWWyxuj

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[Teched Off @TechedoffUK]

"So you're just scrolling without thinking" Join the call for change here https://t.co/gYk9J0huUt

[Kids For Now @Kids_For_Now]

@TechedoffUK This is great. We absolutely need to hear more young voices on this!