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Smartphones are catastrophic for children, they are...
50% of 12-yr-olds
regularly see online porn.
44% of boys
say it gives them ideas about the 'kind of sex they want'.
...exposing children to
sexual and offensive
content.
SEXUAL CONTENT & BEHAVIOR
Excessive smartphone use is associated with
psychiatric, cognitive, emotional, medical, and brain changes
.
...creating
structural changes
to children's brains.
FOCUS & BRAIN CHANGES
There has been a
98% increase
in depression since 2004.
​
10% of under 17s
have attempted suicide.
...increasing
depression and anxiety
in children.
MENTAL HEALTH
When they should be sleeping,
80% of teens
are using smartphones.
...causing children to
lose sleep
.
PHYSICAL HEALTH
46% of teens say they use the internet
"almost constantly"
, and
23% of young people
have a dysfunctional relationship with their smartphones.
...
addictive
.
FOCUS & BRAIN CHANGES
It is common for girls
as young as 11
to be pressured into sending nude images of themselves.
...pressuring girls into
sending sexual images
of themselves.
SEXUAL CONTENT & BEHAVIOR
Hospitalisation rates for self-harm have increased by
140% since 2010
.
24% of UK girls
aged 17 have self-harmed.
...making children more likely to
self harm
.
MENTAL HEALTH
69% of children
with a smartphone report neck pain.
81%
displayed a neck disability.
...damaging the development of
children's spines
.
PHYSICAL HEALTH
There has been a
1,058% increase since 2019
of webpages showing sexual abuse of 7-10 yr-old children.
...exposing children to
sexual abuse
&
grooming
.
SEXUAL CONTENT & BEHAVIOR
On average children with phones are spending
9 hours a day on screens
, however 5 or more hours a day has a 43% increased risk of obesity.
...contributing to
obesity
in children.
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Children's
myopia risk
(shortsightedness) is linked to smartphone use.
...damaging children's
eyes
.
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Children with smartphones are
spending less time than ever socialising
in person.
...reducing
time with friends
in person.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
84% of bullying
in children with smartphones, takes place online, and c
hildren
no longer have respite
from bullies at home.
...contributing to the huge increase in
cyberbullying
.
MENTAL HEALTH
Children are
increasingly unable to read facial expressions
or show empathy, compared to children in previous generations.
...reducing children's
ability to empathise
& communicate.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Peers are now children's primary attachment
, shifting the primary relationships away from their parents/guardians.
...encouraging children to turn to
peers over parents
for direction.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Children spend
twice as long
looking at screens as playing outside.
...preventing children
playing outside
.
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Nearly
40% of children
have experienced reduced levels of concentration due to their smartphones.
...affecting children's
ability to focus
.
FOCUS & BRAIN CHANGES
Loneliness has
doubled
in children since 2012.
School loneliness is highest
where access to smartphones and internet use is high
.
...increasing
loneliness
in children.
MENTAL HEALTH
The Silicon Valley billionaires who created the phones and apps that harm our children would never put smartphones in their own children's pockets.
Right now
we can work together
to end this epidemic of mental illness in our children and commit to delaying smartphones until
at least
the age of 14.
sign the pledge.
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parents from schools in and around Monaco have signed the pledge.
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