A twenty five per cent of children are first using a phone or tablet at 18months or younger, according to findings by VTech.<\/p>\n
The electronic children’s games company, commissioned the Kid Connect report, which looked into how children and their safety is affected by their use of technology.<\/p>\n
The study found that 44 per cent of children under 11 years of age, are using an electronic device more than four times a week.<\/p>\n
These children are sending around 116 texts and 85 emails from the devices, some without their parents’ knowledge.<\/p>\n
Sadly, 34 per cent of parents use tablet technology to stop their children getting bored and 26 per cent to keep them quiet.<\/p>\n
But what exactly are these children doing whilst they are using them? 42 per cent of parents say its to help with school work, 15 per cent as a replacement for books and 3 per cent to call their friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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