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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

Paloma Faith: Why I won’t be giving my children smartphones

Paloma Faith has said her eight-year-old has stopped begging her for a smartphone now she’s installed a landline that her child can use to prank call her friends.

The singer and mother-of-two is one of a growing number of celebrities who have today put their name to a 100,000-strong movement of parents committed to giving their children a smartphone-free childhood.

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