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Lucy Wigley

Concerned about screen time? This one simple trick offers more ‘control’ and eases fears of device ‘addiction,’ according to a psychologist

Four children sat against a wall watching a variety of screens.

If you're concerned about screen time when it comes to your kids, you're not alone. If you want to minimise the potentially negative effects of iPads and devices on your children, a psychologist has outlined one change you can make - and it's so simple.

How to keep kids safe online isn't limited to the dangers they can be exposed to such as undress AI - apps with the frightening ability to remove clothes. Conversations over digital safety also extend to how to set screen time boundaries in terms of concerns over potential psychological and physiological effects prolonged time on devices can have on kids. 

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