Should We Ban Smartphones For Under-16s? | Good Morning Britain

Parent campaign group Us For Them, is calling for the Government to ban smartphones completely for under-16s and bring in 'tobacco-style health warnings' on packaging.

Should smartphones be banned for under 16s?

Broadcast on 11/04/23

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[bakgatfromgb]

If we can pass legislation to ban phones in cars then we can do the same elsewhere!

[CR-celf]

It’s a parenting issue, if you want your kids to spend less time on their phones then take their phones away. A former schoolmate of mind would only have her phone during school hours, her mother would take it away when she got home from work so she wasn’t up at night mindlessly scrolling.

[WasabiDreams]

I think its down to the parents if a child gets a phone, ones with heavy parental blocks etc, they can be very handy tools for the safety of a child,

[nmc]

Don't take the phones.

Just be able to block everything but phone calls.

Problem solved.

[sheilahowland]

As a grandmother I agree 100%. I see this in my grand children they are always on their phone. So So sad.Its like they can not live with out them.Its up to the parents to monter the use of them it's like a baby sitter for them..

[johnclements]

Make phones under the age of 16 non smart phone only funtions are making calls

[nojrulhoque]

Should thought of it in the first place

[natsdaley]

Don't the parents buy the phones though?! 😒

[SafetyisFirst]

Every single video from GMB starts with: “Should we ban…?”

[Suzibird]

Over here in America, our under 16's need a phone, you know....just in case of a school shooting. It's a necessity. It may be the only chance you get to say goodbye to mum & dad.

[BeliverInYeshua]

I've been saying this for years, children are not responsible enough to have smart phones

[tomhermens]

Yes they should strike. Tories are under funding every public sector. Nurses got 5% - inflation is 10% In the Netherlands nurses were recently given 10%^

[LordSandwichII]

This would be impossible to enforce. We'd have to have police confiscating phones from teenagers at bus stops and fining parents. I'm not sure if society is willing to accept that idea, as it seems a bit draconian. Not to mention that it's also throwing the baby out with the bathwater, since phones are actually useful sometimes.

[ashleyhulme]

The us for them lady is a hero she's on regularly on GB News and Talk TV keep on putting pressure on the establishment will cave in

[kylehunter]

The underfunded police haven't got the time to parent your kids.

[elizabethedwards]

This is too little too late. This should have been done a long time ago, but its not going to happen. Also social media should be included too!

[starrycrown]

How in the world did we survive before smart phones? <—irony

[kaylaslife]

Yes get then a normal phone then that calls and text no Google no smart phone just normal call and text phones no ?

[paulturner]

Please do!
Change the format of likes and make everyone have accountability by having one identity

[johnsmith-lbmo]

I'm all for letting kids have phones, it's modern tech and they need to get to learn how to use them