Children aged five and under at risk of internet addiction – Barnardo's
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#4GY8Y)
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Children aged five and under are at risk of becoming addicted to the internet in a trend that could damage their mental health, according to Barnardo's.
The charity said very young children - one as young as two - were learning to access websites, for example YouTube and those related to children's television programmes, as a result of their parents giving them access to smartphones or tablet computers to distract or entertain them.
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