Phone-obsessed parents may be harming family life

Research suggests that parents who continually check their mobile phones may be disrupting family life. In a poll of 2,000 11 to 18-year-olds in the UK, more than a third said they had asked their parents to stop checking their devices, with almost half of them saying it makes no difference when they do. However, fewer than 10% of the 3,000 parents that took part in the survey thought their time spent on devices was concerning their children. The research was carried out by Digital Awareness UK and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). In a press release published yesterday, the two organisations said the aims of the survey were to "better understand attitudes and behaviours relating to mobile device use and further improve support given to young people in and out of school." Dr Bex Lewis, who is a christian and author of, "Raising children in a digital age," welcomed the survey's results and told Premier ...