10/06/2026
People are increasingly talking about banning phones or social media for under-16s. Yes there’s already a variety of tech and manual ways to customise your child’s device and screen use, and allow children to not access the ENTIRE internet.
As parents we have those tools, and homeschooled children often have tighter and more respectful bonds with their parents, so communication on these things is dealt with reasonably.
But here’s our question…
Why is so much of the conversation focused on children’s screen use, and so little on adults’? Or even more so…why are governments stepping in to ‘fix’ problems and not parents and communities coming together from a grass roots level? Because we see parents dealing with it, not all, but most of them.
This isn’t about blame. Parenting is demanding, and most of us are carrying a device designed to capture our attention every spare moment of the day.
But if we’re concerned about the impact of screens on children, shouldn’t we also be talking about the impact of screens on the entire population?
Children don’t just learn from what we allow or ban. Often it’ll encourage rebellion. They learn from what we model.
So we’re curious…
Do you think the bigger issue is children having access to social media, or our society’s growing dependence on screens in general?
