The Education Select Committee report warns that some phone use resembles 'behavioural addiction'.
The next government should consider proposals to ban smartphones for under-16s within its first year, a committee of MPs has said.to bar phone use in schools in England earlier this year prompted a debate on how much screen time children should be having.
Committee chairman Robin Walker said its inquiry had heard "shocking statistics on the extent of the damage being done to under-18s". Richard Collard, associate head of child safety online policy at the NSPCC children's charity, said a "blanket ban" on smartphones and social media for under-16s would be a "blunt instrument".
“If I took my daughter’s phone off her, I am taking away her social life, and that is not good, either”, she said, adding that her daughter did not have the same access to youth clubs that she did when she was young.BBC / Vanessa Clarke "One of society's most important roles is to protect children from harm, and any government that pledges to prioritise this issue will get our vote."
BBC News contacted the Conservative and Labour parties for comment on the committee's latest recommendations, but has not yet heard back.Pepe Di’Iasio, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the committee's report raised "very valid concerns" about the dangers of excessive screen time.
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