2: A smartphone gives the world access to your child

In this episode of Parents vs. The Internet, Esther Ghey and the Mail’s Liz Hull are joined by Hannah Oertel, the founder of Delay Smartphones. 

Hannah, Esther and Liz discuss how smartphones prevent children from learning to socialise properly and from being emotionally equipped to deal with the world around them; why parents should be more worried about ‘stranger danger’ online than in the real world; and, why Hannah has told her children they won’t be getting a smartphone until they’re 21…

Hosts: Esther Ghey and Liz Hull 

Producer: Max Bower 

Editor: Silas Gray 

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini 

Executive Producer: Bella Soames

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