{"id":13961,"date":"2024-04-02T05:37:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T03:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/if-you-really-want-kids-to-spend-less-time-online-make-space-for-them-in-the-real-world-gaby-hinsliff\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T05:37:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T03:37:16","slug":"if-you-really-want-kids-to-spend-less-time-online-make-space-for-them-in-the-real-world-gaby-hinsliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/if-you-really-want-kids-to-spend-less-time-online-make-space-for-them-in-the-real-world-gaby-hinsliff\/","title":{"rendered":"If you really want kids to spend less time online, make space for them in the real world | Gaby Hinsliff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tech firms can do more, but it\u2019s the government\u2019s job to ensure children have safe places to play \u2013 and it\u2019s not doing it<\/p>\n

Three-quarters of children want to spend more time in nature. Having spent the Easter weekend trying to force four resistant teenagers off their phones and out for a nice walk over the Yorkshire Dales, admittedly I\u2019ll have to take the National Trust\u2019s word for this. But that\u2019s what its survey of children<\/a> aged between seven and 14 finds, anyway.<\/p>\n

Kids don\u2019t necessarily want to spend every waking minute hunched over a screen, however strongly they give that impression; even though retreating online satisfies the developmentally important desire to escape their annoying parents, even teenagers still want to run wild in the real world occasionally. Their relationship with phones is complex and maddening, but not a million miles off adults\u2019 own love-hate relationship with social media; a greasy sugar-rush we crave but rarely feel better for indulging. Yet lately, longstanding parental unease over children\u2019s screen habits has been hardening into something more like revolt.<\/p>\n

Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist<\/p>\n

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\nTech firms can do more, but it\u2019s the government\u2019s job to ensure children have safe places to play \u2013 and it\u2019s not doing it
\nThree-quarters of children want to spend more time in nature. Having spent the Easter weekend trying to force four resistant teenagers off their phones and out for a nice walk over the Yorkshire Dales, admittedly I\u2019ll have to take the National Trust\u2019s word for this. But that\u2019s what its survey of children aged between seven and 14 finds, anyway.
\nKids don\u2019t necessarily want to spend every waking minute hunched over a screen, however strongly they give that impression; even though retreating online satisfies the developmentally important desire to escape their annoying parents, even teenagers still want to run wild in the real world occasionally. Their relationship with phones is complex and maddening, but not a million miles off adults\u2019 own love-hate relationship with social media; a greasy sugar-rush we crave but rarely feel better for indulging. Yet lately, longstanding parental unease over children\u2019s screen habits has been hardening into something more like revolt.
\nGaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tech firms can do more, but it\u2019s the government\u2019s job to ensure children have safe places to play \u2013 and it\u2019s not doing it Three-quarters of children want to spend more time in nature. Having spent the Easter weekend trying to force four resistant teenagers off their phones and out for a nice walk over …<\/p>\n

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