Article 6C1ET ‘Much easier to say no’: Irish town unites in smartphone ban for young children

‘Much easier to say no’: Irish town unites in smartphone ban for young children

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Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
from Technology | The Guardian on (#6C1ET)

Parents and schools across Greystones adopt voluntary no-smartphone code' in bid to curb peer pressure

On the principle of strength in numbers, parents in the Irish town of Greystones have banded together to collectively tell their children they cannot have a smartphone until secondary school.

Parents' associations across the district's eight primary schools have adopted a no-smartphone code to present a united front against children's lobbying.

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