Adolescence: shedding light on a toxic online world

Have you seen anything online that’s made you feel worried?” This is the question Paula*, a leading child psychologist who’d rather not be named, always asks when she first sees children. A few years

Rinsing the dishes, I stood at the sink and laughed as my 12-year-old daughter, Ava, held up her phone. ‘Look at the camera, Mum!’ she grinned before showing me the video she’d just taken using a sill

We all know that children shouldn’t have too much screen time. However, as any parent will testify, limiting it is easier said than done! As a busy working mum-of-two I’ll admit that my boys Rory, 12,

What’s the fuss about? It’s the landmark UK legislation, passed by the previous Conservative government in 2023 – with very broad cross-party support – that aims to protect users, especially children,

An online debate about tech use at mealtimes prompts a few thoughts about the noble art of conversation

When the phone-hacking scandal was exposed by Guardian journalist Nick Davies in 2009, it unearthed the scale and impact of the criminality at the News of the World newspaper. Private investigators we