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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Polly Hudson

I know judging other parents is wrong. But when it comes to giving kids smartphones, I’m a lost cause

A mother taking a tablet off a child sitting on a sofa.
Hand it over … ‘Giving your tween a smartphone is like suggesting they lie down in the middle of a road.’ Photograph: Posed by models; Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty Images

Not all heroes wear capes; some have a box in their bedroom instead. Dragons’ Den’s Sara Davies says she confiscates her kids’ friends’ phones when they come round, so instead of sitting glued to their devices, they talk to each other and play together.

“I have a box at the front door … they put their phones and iPads in the box and it stays in my bedroom,” she told the Daily Mail. “No one complains. They’re outside playing football, they merge so much better – and they communicate.”

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