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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

‘Much easier to say no’: Irish town unites in smartphone ban for young children

Child holds smartphone while standing in the playground
Schools and parents in the Co Wicklow town took action amid concerns smartphones were fuelling anxiety and exposing children to adult material. Photograph: Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo/Alamy

On the principle of strength in numbers, parents in the Irish town of Greystones have banded together to collectively tell their children they cannot have a smartphone until secondary school.

Parents’ associations across the district’s eight primary schools have adopted a no-smartphone code to present a united front against children’s lobbying.

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