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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Aine Fox

Most parents of 11 to 16-year-olds say child has internet in bedroom – survey

A child looks at a phone screen in his bedroom (Alamy/PA) -

More than three-quarters of parents of 11-16 year olds said their child has a screen with internet access in their bedroom, according to a survey carried out in the wake of hit Netflix drama Adolescence.

The show’s co-writer and actor, Stephen Graham, has spoken about how children “can be looking at all kinds of things” nowadays with internet in their bedrooms, compared with a generation before.

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