Stop children bingeing on social media during holidays, parents urged

Children’s commissioner says too much time is spent online as she launches ‘five a day’ campaign

The children’s commissioner has warned parents that they must intervene to stop their children overusing social media and consuming time online “like junk food”.

As web use reaches record highs among children, Anne Longfield has attacked the new methods social media giants are using to draw them into spending more time staring at tablets and smartphones. In an interview with the Observer, she said that parents should “step up” and be proactive in stopping their children from bingeing on the internet during the summer holidays.

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2whQbmm