Whisper it, but there are tentative signs attitude to screens may be shifting. A raft of new organisations and campaigns are emerging – ironically using the internet – to urge all of us (though especially young people) to reduce our phone use.
I challenge you to find a parent who didn’t cheer last month upon hearing that 21 schools in the London borough of Southwark have sent a letter to thousands of families across the borough urging them to restrict their children’s screen time. And perhaps took note themselves – after all, us parents are as guilty of endless doomscrolling as our offspring.
