Parents should be prepared to make difficult decisions over their child’s smartphone usage rather than trying to be their friend, the children’s commissioner for England has said.
Dame Rachel de Souza said this should include parents considering the example they are setting their children through their own phone usage.
Writing in the Sunday Times, de Souza said that “if we are serious about protecting our children, we have to look at our own behaviour”.
She added: “The temptation as a parent to give in to a child’s pleas is a real one. Every parent has been in that position. A few more minutes in front of the television to keep them out from under your feet … A new smartphone, ignoring the nagging voice in your head that questions it, because ‘all my friends have one’, despite knowing how much time you spend on your own smartphone.
Källa: Parents must make tough choices on smartphones, says children’s commissioner for England
