Smartphones are essential for parents who use their devices for work or business. Since kids tend to imitate their parents, giving them a dumb phone first satisfies their need to feel like mom and dad ...

Young people now store smartphones in their pockets like gunslingers holstering Colt Peacemakers in the Wild West. It’s ...

And 84 per cent agreed with the social media ban. Talara, Leonie 14, Daisy 13 and Ruby. Picture: Brett Hartwig But what happens when you take a group of young people and get them to replace their ...

Calls to put age restrictions on smartphones by those who believe they are harmful to children has led to a rise in interest in 'dumb' phones – basic handsets that allow kids to contact you in ...

Picture: Brett Hartwig But what happens when you take a group of young people and get them to replace their smartphone with a “dumb” phone for two weeks, offering nothing more than texting and ...